EAW002785 ENGLAND (1946). Harrison & Co Ltd Malleable Iron Works, North Hykeham, 1946

Two semi-sunken air raid shelters?

WW2 Static Water Supply SWS

Hykeham Station (North Hykeham) Nottingham to Lincoln Line (still operational 2017) Built by the Midland Railway and engineered by Robert Stephenson. Opened 1846. North Hykeham station as Hykeham . The original terminal station in Lincoln for this line (Lincoln Midland, later St Marks) was closed in the 1980s and the line realigned to use a second station (Central).

Harrison, Teague & Birch opened a foundry near Holmes Bridge in St. Marks Lane (1874). The firm’s business expanded rapidly during the last decade of the 19th century and, with no room for expansion on their existing site, the company established a branch plant in North Hykeham. These works, later to be known locally as “The Malleable”, were steadily enlarged and in 1922 the St Marks foundry was closed and all of the firm’s operations were transferred to North Hykeham. aka The Hykeham Foundry Company. aka Harrison and Co (Lincoln) aka The Malleable Hostel blocks were built in WW2 for migrant workers. In 1938 Ley's Malleable Castings took over. 1950's- Annealing plant; automatic moulding machine; hot blast melting plant added. Pandrol clips for holding rail lines to concrete sleepers were produced. In the late 70's the furnaces were fuelled 25% by scrap rubber tyres. Acquired by Meade Corporation 2004, closed 2006. The final casting, December 2006, was a cast iron plaque of the Lincoln Imp.