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Rochdale Canal, Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire.
Lock 7 - Broadbottom Lock, 1798.
William Jessop & William Crossley, engineers.
Grade ll listed.
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.
Railway Station, Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire.
The station was opened by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in May 1847. Within a few weeks of this, the company became the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
The grade 2 listed war Memorial at Mytholmroyd near Hebden Bridge. I love this memorial, it has great style and the soldier has such wonderful features and expression.
I took this photo on Thursday 31st December 2020. This was at
New Road, Mytholmroyd. A view of Mytholmroyd Railway Viaduct.
The river wins. This is the River Calder flooding Burnley Road in Mytholmroyd in Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
"Happy Snapping" Simon will be pleased to be able to get his canoe out.