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Keadby
 
Keadby, Bridge
Keadby, Bridge
Keadby, Bridge

"Rail and road rolling lift bridge. 1912-16.

C A Rowlandson and J B Ball, engineers, Sir William Arrol and Company, contractors, for the Great Central Railway. Minor later alterations.

Carries a double track railway on the wider southern section, with a double carriageway road on the north side ...

At the time of construction Keadby was one of the first Scherzer bridges in Britain, the heaviest and longest in Europe, and the first anywhere with 3 girders.

A plaque formerly on the eastern approach parapet recorded the opening on May 21 1916 by the chairmen of the railway company and Lindsey County Council who contributed towards the cost of providing for a road section.

Not lifted since 1956"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1067725 

Geoff Swain Collection 17 August 1993 

Keadby, Scherzer Bridge
Keadby, Bridge
Keadby, Bridge
Keadby, Bridge

"Keadby Bridge, more formally known as the King George V Bridge, crosses the River Trent near Althorpe and Keadby in Lincolnshire, England. It was designed by Alfred Charles Gardner FRSE MIME"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keadby_Bridge 

Geoff Swain Collection 17 August 1993 

Keadby, Bridge
Keadby, Trent Side
Keadby, Trent Side
Keadby, Trent Side

The Wesleyan Methodist chapel on the left opened in 1861 & closed in 1960. The village is just off the A18, on the west bank of the River Trent.

Undated postcard by Raphael Tuck. 

Keadby,
Keadby, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
Keadby, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
Keadby, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

This chapel was opened for the Wesleyan Methodists in 1861 and the Sunday School was added in 1885.

The chapel closed for worship in 1960.

September 2010

Keadby, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel