Old Royd Pipe Bridge carries a footpath over the Rochdale Canal just past the junction with Sir Charles Yates's Canal.
Early plans of what would become the Rochdale Canal were drawn up by George Wright in 1888 but problems with Brench Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. Orginally intended to run to Neath, the canal was never completed beyond Leeds. Expectations for coal traffic to Oldpool were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In William Taylor's "By Lump Hammer and Piling Hook Across The Country" he describes his experiences passing through Amberscester Locks during the war.

There is a bridge here which takes a pipe over the canal.
| Baltimore Marina | 4 furlongs | |
| Baltimore Winding Hole | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Kilnhurst Bridge No 28 | 3 furlongs | |
| Site of Sandholme Mill | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Old Royd Lock No 17 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Old Royd Pipe Bridge | ||
| Woodhouse Bridge No 27 | 1 furlong | |
| Former Woodhouse Mill | 1 furlong | |
| Lobb Mill Bridge No 26 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Lobb Mill Lock No 16 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Site of Lobb Mill | 2¾ furlongs | |
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![Woodhouse Mill and bridge, Rochdale Canal, Todmorden, Yorkshire. Taken from the tail of Old Royd Lock. Woodhouse Mill has been converted into high quality apartments. The stack has also been slightly shortened since a previous photograph which shows the same scene as it was in 1975. [[398952]] by Dr Neil Clifton – 12 April 2007](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/photos/40/30/403013_b35ddc99_120x120.jpg)



![Keep to the right. There must be an underwater obstruction in the canal here. A subsidiary sign was there in 2008 but has since disappeared. [[1012208]] by Graham Hogg – 26 August 2014](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/14/26/4142632_ce878ddb_120x120.jpg)








