The Rochdale Canal
'Mabel' passing 'Ellen' at Derdale. All the Rochdale Canal Company boats were named after women or flowers. In this photograph,...
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The Summit Inn
The turnpike road at Summit, near the Todmorden - Littleborough border. In 1905 it became a terminus for the Rochdale...
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Steanor Bottom Toll House
The toll house was built in 1847-8, at the junction of Rochdale and Calderbrook roads. For many years the toll...
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Building the ‘Great Wall of Todmorden’
The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company had to build a double retaining wall alongside the canal side at Salford due...
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Portsmouth Station on the Copy pit Line.
An early saddle tank engine on the level crossing at Portsmouth Station, 1890s. The loco - No.541 - was built...
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Cross Stone, 1887
A family group photographed outside the toll house on Cross Stone Road in 1887.
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Todmorden viaduct by A.F. Tait
The Todmorden viaduct, laid out on a curve, comprising nine spans. The stone came from Lobb Quarry, near Dobroyd Castle....
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