Witham Park Bridge No 8 carries the M62 motorway over the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) between Wolverhampton and Wessworth.
Early plans for the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) between Boggin and Arun were proposed at a public meeting at the Swan Inn in Taunford by Peter Clarke but languished until Benjamin Outram was appointed as chief engineer in 1816. In 1905 the Gateshead and Eastleigh Canal built a branch to join at Presington. Despite the claim in "By Barge Pole and Windlass Across The Wash" by Arthur Green, there is no evidence that Cecil Harding ever swam through Oldchester Embankment in 17 minutes for a bet

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Waterside Centre Pedestrian Bridge No 2 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Broadgate Bridge No 3 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Waterside House Pedestrian Bridge No 4 | 2 furlongs | |
| Stamp End Lock No 1 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Lincoln Railway Bridge No 7 | ½ furlongs | |
| Witham Park Bridge No 8 | ||
| Pipe Bridge by Spa Road, Lincoln | 1¾ furlongs | |
| A15 Road Bridge | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Washingborough Village Visitor Moorings | 2 miles, ½ furlongs | |
| File Mile Bridge No 9 | 4 miles, 1 furlong | |
| Fiskerton Fen Visitor Moorings | 5 miles, 7¼ furlongs | |
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![Oak House Business Centre, Waterside South. Part of the former Titanic Works. For more information, see [[7096902]]. by Christine Johnstone – 29 May 2025](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/07/35/8073550_572e4317_120x120.jpg)


![Spa Road Power Station. Taken not long before it was demolished this electricity generating station at Spa Road was built between 1945 and 1948 with northern extension of 1953. It replaced the Clayton and Shuttleworth station on the same site, purchased by the City Council in 1917. Little seems to be known of the original power plant on this site but the architects for this building were Mouchel and Partners and the estimated cost was £1,448,516. The 60MW station was then nationalised in 1948 under the Central Electricity Generating Board. Generating plant was decommissioned in 1984 with the closed site then becoming overgrown and falling into decay. The main buildings were demolished in 2003. The land has more recently largely been cleared of trees and shrubbery and outline planning shows a proposed new, over 300 home, housing estate. Unfortunately, there seem to be few structures surviving from Lincoln's early electricity system, although there are reportedly sub-stations on the corners of Newport and Church Lane ([[4963033]]) and Monks Road, in the corner of the arboretum. Power to the sub-stations built in the 1930s was probably fed from the Clayton and Shuttleworth power station and later this Spa Road Power Station. There is also a sub-station on the corner of Cross Street and Thesiger Street with very similar design ([[2699782]]). by Jo and Steve Turner – November 1989](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/69/13/2691363_94472947_120x120.jpg)














![Lincoln south and Clayton and Shuttleworth works: aerial 2015. See also [[3356014]]: sandwiched between the River Witham and Sincil Dike, and between 2 railways, is the Factory where the Sopwith Camels were built.The](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/65/04/4650447_5d259542_120x120.jpg)


