Inscription and washout valve marker plate on Birstall Bridge
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Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 7 Feb 2013
The valve is probably on the pipe laid to carry water to Morley from Withens Clough Reservoir. The inscription is mysterious - why Halifax and why no other place name, such as Leeds?