Sowerby Bridge Coal Drops.

Sowerby Bridge Coal drops are a Grade II listed former coal delivery point that sits alongside Sowerby Bridge Railway Station. The 15 drops form part of a viaduct, raised embankment that runs from Sowerby Bridge station to near the entrance to Dixon Scar Tunnel. They were built in approx. 1875 the year before the station moved to it's current site from the opposite end of the viaduct near the Tesco supermarket and were in use until the 1970's. They are now largely abandoned although the yard below is used from time to time by various companies.

The drops were granted Grade II listed status on the 19th July 1988, despite this they have been left to decay with much of the wooden areas pictured being removed a couple of years after this picture was taken. There was a plan to build housing units inside each of the drops but this seems to have been shelved over the years since being announced.

The pictures can be seen below and on Clickasnap, the first picture was taken with a Samsung Galaxy Tablet on the 20th October 2013.

The following pictures were taken on the 6th April 2014 with a Polaroid is2132 bridge camera. They include some of the top part of the drops, I never accessed any of the wooden areas as I deemed them unsafe, they were removed a couple of years after taking the pictures.

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