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Historic ‘pile of stones’ moved as a flood-prevention measure
THE Environment Agency expects to save £2 million by carefully dismantling a 200-year-old industrial artefact and carefully rebuilding it nearby.
The stone weir was used to syphon off some of Walsden Water to power one of Todmorden’s biggest and historically important mills.
But these days it adds to the threat of flooding and needs to be removed as part of a huge flood-alleviation scheme – if not, £2 million would have to be spent on additional work.
Todmorden Civic Society and Calderdale Council have persuaded the Environment Agency to save the structure, which stands beside Rochdale Road and rebuild it nearby.
Society chairman Paul Clark said: “An information board will explain how Walsden Water was used as a source of energy for cotton mills along the valley. We are delighted that a piece of industrial heritage is being saved for future generations.”
Project engineer Will Benedikz said the machinery associated with the weir was also interesting and would be preserved, along with the stones.
Walsden Water was used to drive the waterwheel in Joshua Fielden’s former Waterside Mill, built in 1786.
Also known as Laneside Mill, it was demolished in the 1980s and the site now houses a supermarket.
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The Independent
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 09:58 AM#4 mariposa - The Todmorden Civic Society spokesperson on Twitter must also be a Philistine then according to your logic, as they described the headline as :--- "historic pile of stones?. That's a strange way to look at it. Come on Courier, it's a bit more significant than that." --- I would add, the Courier? Subtle headlines? your avin a laugh init! At least the Tod News showed more respect --- http:www.todmordennews.co.uknewslocalhistory_saved_and_it_will_save_us_2_million_1_4141782?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
mariposa
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 07:38 AM@3, actually, to me, it made me think that somethng innocuous (such as the foundations of an old construction - a pile of stones) could really be something of historic importance. That someone took the time to build the structure and that it once had a use. In Spain, there are literally hundreds of things that look just like a pile of stones (as though a house has been demolished and the rubble not removed). They are protected by law and the consequences of removing them are very serious indeed. to me, the philistine is the one who doesn't understand the subtleties behind the words of the headline.
The Independent
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 01:39 PMWell done Todmorden Civic Society! A industrial artefact described as "A pile of stones" what philistine came up with that headline?
Peter Avinou
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 12:13 PM# 1 mightymick I wonder if they support the theory that building housing on the Copley site will prevent floods, as they obviously think buildings and water don't mix on some sites, but then they probably haven't the advantage of adjusted figures to work on like CMBC have for Copley..
mightymick
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 05:05 PMBetter if they had opposed the Copley Valley measures.
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