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English: Whitworth Boundary Sign on Rochdale Road Looking South East down the A671 Rochdale Road.

The old Rochdale to Bacup railway line used to run down the right hand side of the picture. When it was built in the 19th century, the line was the highest on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's network It closed to passengers on 16 June 1947. The line remained open to goods traffic until the mid 1960s but by the end of 1967 the line no longer existed.

Anniversary of last passenger trains http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/community/nostalgia/s/528/528939_anniversary_of_last_passenger_trains.html
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Camera location53° 41′ 21″ N, 2° 10′ 27″ W  Heading=112° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Object location53° 41′ 20″ N, 2° 10′ 24″ W  Heading=112° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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30 January 2008

53°41'20.62"N, 2°10'27.48"W

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53°41'19.97"N, 2°10'24.24"W

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