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Waterside South, LINCOLN, LN5 7FD

Deserted sliproad to the side of Pelham Bridge, Lincoln. This was a major thoroughfare before Pelham Bridge was built, crossing the railway close to Durham Ox junction. It was an unweildy method of operation with at least two crossing keepers having to manually close the gates for trains to cross.

Siemens new office block off Pelham Street Lincoln from the steps up to the bridge.

This is the site of Lincolns largest employers. Currently owned by Siemens it has been known by many names including Alstom, European Gas Turbines and Ruston & Hornsby to name a few. They are one of the worlds largest Industrial Gas Turbine manufacturers.

Former Ruston Gas Turbines works now Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd. offices bays 8 and 9 underwent a substantial £5m refurbishment, along with reconfiguration of the associated landscaping and car park, following planning approval in March 2011 and the official opening in January 2012. Industrial buildings appear to be shown here between the 1905-07 and 1906-08 OS maps. The existing Malthouse was used by Ruston’s as a pattern store by 1908 having been available for let from 1903. It is likely the bays were built between 1908 and 1921 based on map evidence. They are seen on 1926 aerial photographs. (Ruston Gas Turbines (RGT) name started to be used to market the turbines in 1969. They changed name to European Gas Turbines in October 1991, Alstom Gas Turbines in June 1998, ABB Alstom Power UK in September 1999, Alstom Power UK in October 2000 and Alstom Power UK Holdings in March 2002 that was unlimited in 2004 and stopped trading in 2006 having become part of Siemens (UK) in April 2003. Siemens lease the site from St Modwen.) See Image for new offices.

The view of Lincoln from the bridge across the railway towards the Cathedral in the spring of 1985.

View east where the line from Central Station branches left for Market Rasen and right for Sleaford

View NW, towards Lincoln Central station and the main lines to Gainsborough and Doncaster (ex-Great Northern & Great Eastern Joint), Retford and Sheffield (ex-Great Central). This Pelham Street Crossing in the middle of the City was one of the busiest level-crossings - hand-operated gates worked by four crossing-keepers - surviving until a road bridge was eventually built in 1961. LNE B1 4-6-0 No. 61326 was shunting stock.

Entrance to the Siemens complex in Lincoln

The post carried a cut bench mark on the right-hand face. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6276319 for a closer view and https://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm25910 for details of the mark. The area of the car park shown and the building beyond have all been redeveloped to form a new bus station and multi-storey car park so the steps and post no longer exist.