Description

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA0928SE RAILWAY STREET
680-1/25/328 (West side (off))
07/01/70 Former Railway Dock, connecting
channel and swing bridge
(Formerly Listed as:
RAILWAY DOCK
Retaining walls and quaysides)
(Formerly Listed as:
HUMBER DOCK
Link connecting with Railway Dock:
retaining walls, quaysides & swing
bridge)

GV II

Former dock, now a marina, connecting channel and swing
bridge. 1846, with late C20 alterations. Bridge made by
Beecroft, Butler & Co of Leeds, and the Haigh Foundry Co. of
Wigan. Rectangular basin approx 220mx50m, with slightly
battered ashlar enclosing walls and rounded coping. Several
cast-iron bollards. Cast-iron balustrades and railing late
C20. At the eastern end, connecting channel to Humber Dock,
with ashlar retaining walls, rounded copings and corners, and
recesses into which the bridge swings. 2 span cast-iron swing
bridge with trussed spans forming arch when closed. Roller
bearings at each end. Cast-iron drums contain the gearing and
hand cranks which operated the bridge by engaging with a
toothed sector. A late C20 lifting footbridge now spans the
channel.

Listing NGR: TA0962928357

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26492138

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