The Calder & Hebble Navigation is a canal that runs through West Yorkshire linking Sowerby Bridge with Wakefield. It is a broad canal opened in 1770 following a path created by the Rivers Hebble and Calder of which the canal navigates in sections along its route.
The section featured in these pictures is between Sowerby Bridge basin where the canal connects with the Rochdale Canal and Salterhebble Locks which are the first set on the canal, just after the canals junction with the Halifax Branch Canal.
The pictures were taken on the 29th February 2020, this was just before the UK entered the period of lockdown and uncertainty that the covid pandemic was to bring. There are a total of 13 to view which can be seen below or on Clickasnap full size, resolution and un-watermarked.
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Dean Clough once the world's largest carpet mill is a mixed use development in Halifax, West Yorkshire. The majority of the buildings that make up the complex are Victorian having been built between 1840 and 1869, having been constructed by the Crossley's family, owners of Crossley's carpets. The first mill is thought to have been constructed in 1802 and the complex took its name from the valley in which it was built. The company moved its headquarters from Halifax to Kidderminster in 1970 and declining sales and competition from cheaper imports led to the Dean Clough site closing in 1982.
In 1983 Sir Ernest Hall and Jonathan Silver bought the complex and established Dean Clough Galleries and Dean Clough Industrial Park. The partnership was not to last with Hall buying Silver's shares the following year and to date he has invested over £20million pounds in redeveloping the Dean Clough complex. The large sheds were demolished to create car parking spaces and over the years the complex has become a hub of over 150 companies calling Dean Clough Home. The site also includes a hotel, leisure facilities, restaurants and the Viaduct Theatre.
The pictures were taken in May 2015 using a Polaroid is2132 bridge camera. There are a total of 17 taken around Dean Clough which can be seen below, in a slideshow on YouTube and Tik Tok, and full size, resolution, and un-watermarked on Clickasnap where copies can also be purchased if required.
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Cottingley Railway Station is a 2 platform stop approx. 3 miles south west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, built to serve the communities of Churwell and Cottingley. Opened by West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive and British Rail on the 25th April 1988, the station is a basic facility offering limited shelter, car parking, facilities and access. Passenger use before the covid pandemic was steady at approx. 100000 per year, which is quite some growth on the average of 10000 per year in the early 2000's.
The station is intended to close in late 2022, early 2023 when the nearby White Rose Railway Station opens, the difference of just 1/2 a mile between the stations on the same Huddersfield Line makes keeping both unviable. The footbridge will remain after the station's closure.
These pictures were taken using a Nikon d3300 SLR camera on the 27th August 2022. They can be seen on Clickasnap where they are full size, resolution and un-watermarked.
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Taken whilst exploring a section of the Esk Valley Railway, I'd just been to look at Lealholm Railway Station and walking back to the village centre I passed the post office and service station which to serve the village of Lealholm (Population approx. 380) and nearby rural villages and communities. I liked how what looked like a house had become probably a central part of the community.
The picture was taken using a Nikon d3300 SLR camera on the 27 August 2022, the artwork was completed on the 29 August 2022. Both can be seen and purchased on Clickasnap. I am currently working on a 2nd artwork to be completed shortly.
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All Saints Church is an Anglican place of worship in the Salterhebble area of Halifax, West Yorkshire and has the Parish of All Saints named after it. The foundation stone was laid on the 26th August 1857 and the church was designed by James Mallinson and Thomas Healey who designed several churches in the nearby area. Samuel Rhodes was a major benefactor in the construction of the church providing over 400 cart loads of stone from his own quarry for the building. The church opened in 1858 and has been in continuous use since.
These pictures were taken using a Polaroid is2132 bridge camera on the 24th October 2014, they can be seen below or on Clickasnap where they are full size, resolution and un-watermarked.
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