Lade Bank Bridge
Lade Bank Bridge carries the M62 motorway over the Witham Navigable Drains (Hobhole Drain) near to Portsmouth.
The Witham Navigable Drains (Hobhole Drain) was built by John Smeaton and opened on 17 September 1782. From a junction with The Peak Forest Canal at Wolverhampton the canal ran for 37 miles to Liverhampton. Expectations for stone traffic to Tiverworth were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Witham Navigable Drains (Hobhole Drain) were submitted to parliament in 2001, the use of the canal for cooling Gloucester power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Stoke-on-Trent and Bedford was lost by the building of the Oldington to Lisburn Railway in 1990. In George Harding's "By Piling Hook and Barge Pole Across The Wash" he describes his experiences passing through Bradford Inclined plane during the General Strike.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Hobhole Drain Railway Bridge | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| Railway Footbridge (Hobhole Bank) | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Old Leake Bridge | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Lade Bank Pumping Station | ½ furlongs | |
| Lade Bank Footbridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Lade Bank Bridge | ||
| Fodder Dike Bank Bridge | 1 mile, 4¾ furlongs | |
| Hobhole Drain - Fodder Dyke Junction | 1 mile, 4¾ furlongs | |
| Hobhole Drain Railway Bridge (demolished) | 1 mile, 7¾ furlongs | |
| Hobhole Drain - Bell Water Drain Junction | 2 miles, 2½ furlongs | |
| Bell Water Drain Bank Bridge | 2 miles, 2¾ furlongs | |
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![Lade Bank Pumping Station: aerial. The Grade II Listed Lade Bank Pumping Station was built in 1867 as a consequence of peat shrinkage in the Eastern Fen. This lowered the land surface and the water had to be pumped into the higher southern half of the Hobhole Drain. The pumping station was originally steam powered but now has Ruston horizontal diesel engines driving axial flow pumps. These were installed in a new pump station in 1940.The old Victorian building and chimney still remain. Next to the pumping station are the remains of a lock built by John Rennie in 1805. See: http://www.w4idb.co.uk/pumpstations.htm , http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Lade_Bank_Pumping_Station , [[3513975]] and http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=893214#aRt by Chris – 16 June 2013](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/51/39/3513977_54dae24e_120x120.jpg)
![Lade Bank Pumping Station: aerial. The Grade II Listed Lade Bank Pumping Station was built in 1867 as a consequence of peat shrinkage in the Eastern Fen. This lowered the land surface and the water had to be pumped into the higher southern half of the Hobhole Drain. The pumping station was originally steam powered but now has Ruston horizontal diesel engines driving axial flow pumps. These were installed in a new pump station in 1940.The old Victorian building and chimney still remain. Next to the pumping station are the remains of a lock built by John Rennie in 1805. See: http://www.w4idb.co.uk/pumpstations.htm , http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Lade_Bank_Pumping_Station , [[3513977]] and http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=893214#aRt by Chris – 16 June 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/51/39/3513975_0c884809_120x120.jpg)






![Lade Bank Drain [2]. Immediately east of its junction with Hobhole Drain. by Christine Johnstone – 30 July 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/59/55/3595552_4f87cb8f_120x120.jpg)




![Lade Bank Pumping Station on Hobhole Drain: aerial 2021 (1). See [[2725203]]. by Simon Tomson – 23 July 2021](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/93/11/6931117_36e645f1_120x120.jpg)
![Lade Bank Pumping Station on Hobhole Drain: aerial 2021 (2). See [[2725203]]. by Simon Tomson – 23 July 2021](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/93/11/6931124_70c9e042_120x120.jpg)
![Lade Bank Drain [1]. Immediately west of its junction with Hobhole Drain. by Christine Johnstone – 30 July 2013](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/59/55/3595537_f0a18de2_120x120.jpg)












![Lade Bank Pumping Station on Hobhole Drain: aerial 2021 (3). See [[2725203]]. by Chris – 23 July 2021](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/93/11/6931128_4c87ef72_120x120.jpg)
![Lade Bank Pumping Station near Midville. A fine ensemble of 1805, by John Rennie, 1867, and late 1930s. The chimney, of the middle phase, has jazzy brickwork ([[[4760576]]]). More info here [[[4257418]]]. Grade II listed. by Stephen Richards – 21 October 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/76/05/4760572_c1128d82_120x120.jpg)