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Replacement bridge over the Slea, Sleaford
The earlier bridge has now been replaced and the Dutch style lifting bridge is in position but not yet available for use.
Image: © Mick Lobb
Taken: 24 Jan 2009
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River Slea from The Hub
Taken from the Roof Gallery of Sleaford's Art Centre, "The Hub", this view shows the River Slea, the Riverside Surgery Car Park and some retirement homes to the right.
Image: © Ian Paterson
Taken: 24 Aug 2007
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River Slea
View towards New Street and the lifting bridge installed in 2010
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 24 Oct 2011
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River Slea, Sleaford
The footbridge was installed in 2008 and fitted with a hydraulic lifting mechanism in January 2010 allowing the canalised river to be navigable into the centre of Sleaford.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 13 Dec 2015
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Bridge replacement on the Slea at Sleaford
The earlier bridge is in the process of replacement so that a Dutch style lifting bridge can be erected as part of a project to make the Slea navigable once more. This will of course be for the tourist trade and not to support any other industry in the area.
In the photograph cofferdams can be seen to have been constructed to allow for a dry working environment for the sinking of pillars to support the bridge structure on each side of the river. Because of the small size of the bridges, the timescale for the replacement is just six weeks.
Image: © Mick Lobb
Taken: 3 Dec 2008
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Footbridge over River Slea
From the end of New Street.
Image: © Robert Eva
Taken: 15 Jan 2020
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Sleaford - River Slea & footbridge at the end of New Street
Image: © Colin Park
Taken: 27 Oct 2020
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Navigation Wharf
Looking towards what was once Navigation Wharf towards the modern Hub, once an old seed warehouse.
Image: © Debbie J
Taken: 2 Oct 2015
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The Carre Street Vicinity, Sleaford, Lincs.
On the left of the Sleaford Navigation (canal) some of the Berkeley Court apartment blocks can be seen. These were built in 1980 on the former Lee & Green mineral water factory site (1880-1940s). On the right is The Hub, the National Centre for Craft & Design, housed in a former seed warehouse. The original seed business was founded in 1880 by James Hubbard and the company eventually became the largest supplier of marrowfat peas in the country. The
present building dates from 1938 but in 2004 it was converted into an ultra-modern art and craft gallery with 1,000 square metres of exhibition space, craft workshops, a shop and café. The rooftop gallery and veranda provide some excellent views. "The Navigation" continues ahead through the town centre up as far as Castle Causeway.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones
Taken: 29 Nov 2014
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River Slea
Looking upstream towards the town centre.
Image: © Stewart Marchant
Taken: 30 Aug 2007
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