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The former Rishworth to Sowerby Bridge Railway line and bridge in West Yorkshire. (Closed to Passengers in 1929, but leaving some beautifully built bridges)
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Sowerby Bridge (Happy Valley) from Norland Moor in Calderdale , West Yorkshire.
(Brighouse Echo 5/10/2023)
Sowerby Bridge
Taken with my iPhone as it’s all I had with me, I had to drop my elderly mother off for a medical appointment, I wasn’t allowed in the waiting room so rather than sit in the car, I took my chances with the changeable weather and went for a walk beside the Calder and Hebble Navigation. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it so quiet here, all the red barges which belong to Shire Cruisers are normally all out with holiday makers at this time of year, every one of them is moored up. All the old mill buildings are now home to bars, cafes, restaurants, shops and a gym, usually full of people eating both inside and outdoors (even in this weather) Not a door was open, everywhere still locked up, a couple of places did have posters outside saying you could ring and order food to be delivered but that was all. Other than a couple of people who live on the privately owned barges there was no one else around.
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18.01.25 Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK. Stone cottages and a bridge on the Rochdale canal near to Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire
Northern Class 158 Express Sprinter DMU 158755
2R98 14.18 Leeds to Wigan North Western via Manchester Victoria
Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire
Circular walk around Norland Moor (One to blow the cobwebs off) finishing with a lovely lunch at the dog friendly Griffin Inn.
A1 Steam Trust's Peppercorn Pacific No: 60163 "Tornado" is seen approaching Sowerby Bridge with 1Z63 Darlington North Road - Chester 'The Mad Hatter' Steam Charter - 11.05.19
Northern Rail Class 155 Super Sprinter DMU 155345 leads half of the former 155304 now in the form of Class 153 Super Sprinter DMU 153304 out of Sowerby Bridge station working 1E60 12.21 Manchester Victoria to Leeds.
Northern Class 153 Super Sprinter DMU 153363 and Class 155 Super Sprinter DMU 155344
1U04 11.15 Manchester Victoria to Selby via Leeds
Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire
Northern Class 153 Super Sprinter DMU 153363 and Class 155 Super Sprinter DMU 155344
1U04 11.15 Manchester Victoria to Selby via Leeds
Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire
56063 "Bardon Hill" passes through Sowerby Bridge with 6E41 Blackburn to Lackenby. 5/6/93. Taken from a well-known spot which hasn't been available for many years. In fact Sowerby Bridge station car park now extends the full length of the foreground and well past the spot in which Michael has captured the Grid.
Originally named the Electric Theatre, the cinema opened on 25 November 1915. From March 1928, the cinema was owned by Gaumont British Theatres and on 11th March 1951 it was then taken over by an independent operator. By May 1952, ownership had moved to Star Cinemas and renamed Roxy Cinema. It finally closed as a cinema in February 1963. After lying vacant for nine years it was converted into a bingo club in the former circle area with a cafe in the main foyer and rear stalls area. In 2010 it was converted into a bar and nightclub.
The Rochdale Canal in Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width. The canal runs for 32 miles across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester.
The promoters, unsure as to whether to build a wide or a narrow canal, postponed the decision until an Act of Parliament had been obtained. The first two attempts to obtain an act failed after being opposed by mill owners, concerned about water supply. The promoters, to understand the mill owners' position, asked William Jessop to survey the parts of the proposed canal that were causing most concern. Jessop gave evidence to the Parliamentary committee, and in 1794 an act was obtained which created the Rochdale Canal Company and its construction. Rennie's estimated cost in the second bill was £291,000, and the company was empowered to raise the money by issuing shares, with powers to raise a further £100,000 if required.
When an Act of Parliament was sought in 1965, to authorise the abandonment of the canal, the Inland Waterways Association petitioned against it, and when it was finally passed, it contained a clause that ensured the owners would maintain it until the adjacent Ashton Canal was abandoned. Discussion of the relative merits of restoring the canal or the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in 1973 led the formation of societies to promote both schemes in 1974.
The Rochdale Canal Society wanted to see the canal fully re-opened, as part of a proposed Pennine Park. They worked hard both to protect the line of the canal and to begin the process of refurbishing it. A new organisational structure was created in 1984, with the formation of the Rochdale Canal Trust.
In 1997, the Rochdale Canal Trust was restructured, in response to announcements that there might be large grants available as part of the millennium celebrations. The canal was still at this point owned by a private company, and the Millennium Commission would not make grants to a scheme which was for private profit, rather than public benefit. The restructuring would allow the Trust to take over responsibility for the canal. However, the plan was rejected by the Commission, and to access the grant of £11.3 million, the Waterways Trust took over ownership of the canal.
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Coal drops and station approach at Sowerby Bridge - c.1970.
© 2017 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 35mm colour transparency; photographed by John Senior.
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142088 passes through the cutting east of Sowerby Bridge station while forming the 18:14 Preston to Leeds service. 16/5/88. I'd gone there that evening in hope of freight but I don't think I saw any.
Sowerby Bridge; Yorkshire the sun was just lighting up the walls of these old buildings by the canal.
Posterizing to reduce the tones emphasises the shapes.
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6201 "Princess Elizabeth" passes Sowerby Bridge with the "York Yuletide Express" from Liverpool Lime Street. 13/12/2009. I'd been all the way to Rainhill for this, only to miss it when I was messing about on the footbridge and it turned up unexpectedly. As a compensation shot I called in here, which is less than six miles from home! Shame about the palisade fencing and the Tesco banners, but it was the only way to get a shot there at the time. It's since disappeared altogether.
Sowerby Bridge
Another photo of the old railway line, this time a section of what was the track that ran been Sowerby Bridge and the village of Ripponden. Work commenced on this part of the railway on 30th September 1873, it was to take another five years before it opened, initially only as far as Ripponden before carrying on to Rishworth. It opened for goods traffic on the 15th July 1878 and for passengers on the 5th August 1878. This was thirteen years after the initial Bill received Royal Assent in 1865.
At its peak the line carried between 10 and 17 trains a day, the route closed completely on 1st September 1958. By 1962 the track had been removed, bringing to an end the railway up the Ryburn Valley. A total of 15 bridges crossed the line, 5 have been demolished and 10 remain. The 593 yard long Scar Head Tunnel which is further down the line has now been bricked up.
Most of the old track is a footpath, seeming owned by Yorkshire Water, other sections of it are now on private land.
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