Sowerby Basin at the western end of the Calder & Hebble Navigation, close to the junction with the Rochdale Canal. The folly on the skyline is Wainhouse Tower, the tallest structure in Calderdale and the tallest folly in the world. It was erected in the four years between 1871 and 1875 and is now a Grade II* listed building.

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English Electric Type 4 No. 40009 heads the 13:00 Holyhead - Euston past Boughton Heath near Chester on 19th August 1978.

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Ex Great Central Railway Robinson Class O4 2-8-0 No. 63601 passes Swithland Sidings with an up mineral train on 11th October 2008.

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Ex LSWR Class O2 0-4-4T No. W24 CALBOURNE approaches Ashey on 7th August 2011.

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Ex Wolverhampton Corporation Guy Arab V No. 109N (7109 UK), Merridale Road, Wolverhampton, 22nd October 1977.

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