Electricity sub-station, Church Lane, Lincoln
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Electricity sub-station, Church Lane, Lincoln
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 22 Mar 2014
Built about 1930 and one of only two surviving examples from Lincoln's early electricity system. An exterior wall clock was functioning here until early in 21st century. Power was probably fed from the Clayton and Shuttleworth power station, purchased by the City Council in 1917 and later the Spa Road Power Station built between 1945 and 1948 and demolished 1989/1990. A free-standing urinal had been put there as early as 1870, but with no underground sewage disposal and its removal was planned in 1891. The current roofless ‘gents’ appears to be built with Lincoln Albion type bricks of around 1912.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.237406
Longitude
-0.537903