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Description: Copley Bridge

Address: Copley Railway Bridge River Calder From Brighouse Through To Mearclough Bridge Sowerby Bridge

Grade: II

Group detail: Manchester and Leeds Railway, Copley

Full description:
Railway bridge over River Calder. c1840. By George Stephenson. For the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company. Regularly coursed rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings. 3 segmental arches. Plinths with roll mould to piers. Band at impost level. Rusticated voussoirs brought to course and expressed keystones. Simple cornice with parapet above. Curved ramped abutments. Partly in the parish of Halifax. The first part of the Manchester to Leeds railway was opened as far as Sowerby Bridge in 1840; the section to Leeds was opened subsequently. Sowerby Bridge Chamber of Trade and Commerce Official Tourist Guide, p25.