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During the late 18th century, the valley to the south, known as Cragg Vale, was home to a gang of counterfeiters known as the Cragg Coiners. The gang's leader, David Hartley, or King David as he was known, was found guilty of the 1769 murder of excise official William Dighton and was hanged at the York Tyburn on 28 April 1770. Two other gang members were also executed for their part in the murder.
In yesterday's post, I uploaded a picture of a 195 on the first week of their operation on the Calder Valley line and bemoaned the loss of Pacers. That wasn't quite an accurate reporting of affairs. The Leeds - Southport services were still being worked by 142s (and 150s) ; although I am always lead to question whether anyone could survive the whole of that journey on one.
Here, 142012 is seen working one such service at Mytholmroyd in a drizzle which turned to rain and only stopped a few months later, I believe.
Oldham Ramblers Walk starting at Mytholmroyd - January 2011.
Taken with a Fuji Real 3d W1 digital stereoscopic camera.
Rochdale Canal, Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire.
Between Bridges 11 & 12 looking east.
The Rochdale Canal runs for 33 miles between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge. In Sowerby Bridge it connects with the Calder and Hebble Navigation. In Manchester it connects with the Ashton and Bridgewater Canals.
The canal opened through to Manchester in 1804. This made it the first trans-Pennine canal route. It remained profitable for some time but by the 20th century the tonnage being carried was in sharp decline. In 1937 the last boat made the through journey across the Pennines on the Rochdale Canal.
In 1952, the canal was closed apart from the short section between Castlefield and the Ashton Canal junction at Piccadilly. The Ashton was abandoned in 1962 and by 1965 the nine locks on the Rochdale through Manchester city centre were almost unusable. Enthusiastic supporters re-opened the Ashton in 1974 and the Rochdale Canal in Manchester was made good.
The Rochdale Canal Society was formed to promote the restoration of the canal and in the 1980s and 1990s small scale work began to re-open stretches of the canal between Todmorden and Sowerby Bridge. This involved restoring bridges and locks to navigable condition.
The most major project was the construction of the new Tuel Lane lock and tunnel in Sowerby Bridge. The lock replaced two locks in an infilled section and, with a fall of almost 20 feet, is the deepest lock on the inland waterways system. In 1996 the canal was opened to navigation once again between Sowerby Bridge and the summit level.
The canal was re-opened to navigation along its entire length in July 2002 and forms part of the South Pennine Ring.