EPW036872 ENGLAND (1931). The town, Sowerby Bridge, 1931

The canal bridge carried Wharf Street over the canal

Site of Rochdale Canal Lock 3. When Tuel Lane was built in 1996 it necessitated the demolition of the canal bridge seen in this photo, also locks 3 and4. A 104 m tunnel was built on the course of the canal, leading to a new lock, Tuel Lane lock, which, as it replaced locks 3 and four, has fall of 19 ft 8 1/2 inches (6m). This makes it the deepest canal lock in the United Kingdom.

Rochdale Canal Lock 2

Puzzle Hall Inn.

Rochdale Canal

Hill Crest, Burnley Road

Sowerby Bridge Grammar School

Branch line to Triangle and Rishworth.

Chapel Street

Fountain Street

Sowerby Tunnel

Corporation Mill. Worsted mill

Bank Foundry. Iron works

Christ Church

Wharf Street - by bridge over canal. A tramway route

Sowerby Bridge Mills. Iron mills

Valley Mills. Cotton mills

Canal basin

Wharf Mill. Worsted mill

Holmes Road

Holms Iron Works - possibly

Coal drops

Railway station

Rochdale Canal

River Calder

Union Mill. Corn or flour mill

Perseverance Mills. Cotton mills

Prospect Mills. Cotton mills

Combined coaling plant and water tower

Locomotive depot or engine shed