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Melville Street, ROCHDALE, OL11 2PL

This former lock on the Rochdale Canal near Castleton, Rochdale, is no longer used as a lock and the canal passes straight through. The level of the canal south of the lock was raised to connect to a diverted route passing though a tunnel below the M62 motorway. A new lock was constructed on the other side of the motorway, see Image

A view up Newchurch Street, in the Castleton area of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. These red-brick terraced houses are typical of much of Castleton, of Rochdale, and of Greater Manchester in general.

A fine display of terraced houses, but they weren't built to accommodate a car for each house.

Former cotton spinning mill, now converted to office space. Blue Pits (sic) was one of the earliest mills in the area, dating from the mid/late 19th century, but this building is a later development, probably from the first decade of the 20th century.

The name comes from Bluepits/Blue Pits, an old name for this part of Castleton, resulting from the blue clay that was quarried in the area. As Blue Pits Mill, it was one of the earliest mills in the area, but older buildings have all been demolished leaving just this early 20th century building, now converted to small business units.

OS mapping shows that this was the first mill to be built in Castleton, dating from the 1840s or earlier. This building was the weaving shed and the style indicates that it dates from probably the early years of the 20th century. It is the last remaining element of the cotton manufacturing life of the mill which now houses a firm which manufactures paper and board products for industrial packaging. It has grade 2 local interest listed status.

See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7145829 for location.

Formerly the Bridge Inn, built in 1939 at the time of improvements to the road layout at the junction of Queensway and Manchester Road. A close up of the inn 'sign' to the right of the door can be seen here https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7145836 .

At the corner of Manchester Road and Grosvenor Street.

Re-purposed as business premises and re-opened in 2019. It also contains a meeting room - formerly the reading room - run by the Friends of Carnegie (Castleton) who campaigned for the refurbishment of the building following its closure as a library in 2007. The library was built in 1905, architect Jesse Horsfall, with a donation of £2,500 from Andrew Carnegie. The restoration was carried out through the co-operation of Nick Crewe of Crewe Industrial Services, local property owners and engineers.