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Commercial Street, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 3DN

This is shown on the aerial view as the School of Computing and Engineering. It is in the former Commercial Mills that have a datestone of 1864. The tall building in the centre is almost certainly a former steam engine house.

The rebuilt section between Queen Street South and Commercial Street [Bridges 22 and 21]. The metal piling on the right has been fitted with pebble-filled mesh pockets, which has encouraged plant life. The water level is very low.

This lock was abandoned during restoration, to keep the canal low enough to pass under Bates' factory in the new tunnel. Only the stone walls of the lock chamber remain. The water level is very low.

A fine Grade 2 Listed former mill dating from 1864.

In dirtier times before Humphrey Bolton's picture of a cleaner version.

I think this was a Mallard drake on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. He caught my attention because he was travelling at a tremendous speed; Spring was in the air and maybe he'd had word there were females around? I did wonder whether it was possible to estimate his speed from the wake angle. However, it appears that Lord Kelvin analysed wakes in some detail around 1887 and, in still deep water, over a range of speed values, the 'Kelvin wake pattern' and wake angle remain the same! The angle is 39°, which would look about right for this chap.

The mill buildings here have been taken over by the university, but the chimney has been retained, a monument to the industrial revolution.

This picture was taken well before restoration of this section of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal commenced and shows the original Lock 2E with its original gates but in a derelict condition. Just beyond here the canal passes under Queen Street bridge beyond which the original route was obstructed by the buildings of Bates & Co. When the canal was restored in 2000-2001 the level of the canal beyond the lock in the picture was lowered so as to pass through a newly constructed tunnel under the obstruction and a new lock 2E was built beyond. The chamber walls of the original lock 2E remain to this day however now boats simply sail through and into the deep cutting beyond. Image The buildings on the right have long since been demolished whilst those on the left have been turned into upmarket flats and university halls of residence. Notably the building in the centre of the picture has been re-roofed and lost its gable end.

The bridge over the disused Huddersfield Narrow Canal from the former lock 2E which was replaced in a different position after restoration