The Rochdale Canal at Machpelah, Hebden Bridge

Machpelah Works (the building next to the barge) was previously owned by Trevor Smith, it was offices and workshops until the upper floors were converted into flats in (20??). Trevor Smith’s company, TT Surveys, which was concerned with marine seismic survey equipment, had been on the top floor before the conversion. The Steiner School had their playgroup in part of the ground floor. The flat roofed office on the corner of Station road was occupied by an environmental charity called The Arid Lands Initiative which produced tree and vegetable growing kits for schools and community resources.