SWING BRIDGE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1388921
- Date first listed:
- 14-Feb-1975
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Nov-1999
- Statutory Address:
- SWING BRIDGE, LONDON ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- SWING BRIDGE, LONDON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- Boston (District Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- TF 32680 43077
Details
BOSTON
TF3243SE LONDON ROAD
716-1/14/80 (East side)
14/02/75 Swing Bridge
(Formerly Listed as:
LONDON ROAD
(East side)
Great Northern Railway Swing Bridge
and Control Cabin)
II
Swing bridge for docks railway. 1882-4 by Handysides the Derby
Ironfounders. Segmental panelled iron sides with central
circular pier, set on timber piled platform. Hydraulically
opened from control cabin on west bank with manual control at
the centre of the bridge.
HISTORY: it was constructed to connect the docks single track
railway to the Great Northern Line, when the docks created in
1884, in order to cross the Haven. The bridge was
prefabricated in the works and arrived in Boston in a partly
assembled state in November 1882. The dock was opened on 15th
December 1884.
(Cartwright A: Boston. A Railway Town: Boston: 1987-: 39).
Listing NGR: TF3268043077
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 486382
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Cartwright, A, Boston. A Railway Town, (1987), 39
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing