FOULRIDGE VIADUCT & LOCALITY 
The Leeds & Liverpool Canal warehouse and viaduct at Foulridge looking north-east: date unknown. The original viaduct was built entirely of timber; its replacement was constructed of steel and timber.
Photo courtesy of Café Cargo, Foulridge  The Leeds & Liverpool Canal is seen at Foulridge – date unknown. After closure the canal warehouse was given a new lease of life as ‘Café Cargo’. The railway viaduct, beyond, was redundant from 1970 when the line closed and it would survive until 1996.Photo from Jim Lake collection  Foulridge Viaduct looking north-east in the mid 1960s. The Colne Branch crosses the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at this point. Off the picture, far right on the opposite side of the canal, is a warehouse that today is the popular ‘Café Cargo’.
Photo by G Tonks from late Donald Binns collection 
Looking north-east along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal towards Foulridge canal warehouse and railway viaduct. Foulridge canal tunnel is behind the photographer. Date unknown.
Photo courtesy of Café Cargo, Foulridge 
Foulridge Viaduct was redundant after the Colne Branch closed to all traffic in 1970. It is photographed here in the mid 1990s by which time it required support to prevent its collapse.
Photo by H Meyer from late Donald Binns collection  In 1996 the demolition of Foulridge Viaduct is under way. This took place one day before a Preservation Order was due to come into place.
Photo by H Meyer from late Donald Binns collection 
The north-eastern abutment of the former Foulridge Viaduct stands between Café Cargo (the former canal warehouse) and its car park. The photo was taken in February 2017.
Photo
by Alan Young
This scene on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal has been transformed in the past 30 years with the demolition of Foulridge railway viaduct and the transformation of a derelict canal warehouse into a popular café and bistro (Café Cargo). The almost deserted canal and towpath, seen here in February 2017, is busy with barges, cyclists and ramblers in summer.
Photo by Alan Young 
The Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Foulridge looking north-east in February 2017. The railway viaduct formerly crossed the canal beyond Café Cargo.
Photo by Alan Young  The north-east portal of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal tunnel at Foulridge in February 2017. The canal required a 1,640yd tunnel, completed in 1796, to cross the low watershed between the Aire and Ribble basins. It eventually opened between the two cities in 1816. The railway which opened in 1848 and ran parallel and close to the canal managed to cross the Pennines without the need for a tunnel. The carriage of goods on the canal declined to the point of extinction in the 1950s but in that decade it began to attract leisure traffic. Foulridge Tunnel itself attracts visitors for summer weekend barge trips.
Photo by Alan Young
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