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In 1950 a fertilizer plant was established on the dock estate, to the southeast. [map 13] (See Fisons, Immingham.) In 1957 construction of a new dry dock was begun, after acquisition of the Humber Gracing Dock & Engineering company by Richardsons Westgarth & Company; the new dry dock opened 1960, [27] [map 14] known as Henderson's Graving Dock ...
Immingham Dock was opened on 22 July 1912 by the Great Central Railway at a point where the deep water channel came close to the Lincolnshire bank of the Humber.. To get their workers from Kingston-upon-Hull, Barton upon Humber, New Holland and surrounding villages to the dock the company built the Barton and Immingham Light Railway, which initially terminated at Immingham Western Jetty ...
Immingham (Eastern Jetty) railway station was a special excursion station built along the port's eastern jetty [4] to cater for traffic to passenger ships on cruises to the North Cape, Norwegian Fjords and the Baltic.
The temporary station lasted for some years. The July 1922 Bradshaw's Guide shows Immingham Western jetty as the line's terminus, [7] whilst a photograph of a locomotive in Great Central livery using the permanent replacement Immingham Dock station [8] suggests the handover took place around 1922. The new station was nearer the dock gates. [9] [10]
The Grimsby District Light Railway (GDLR) was one of three standard gauge railways, all part of the Great Central Railway, promoted by the latter to connect the wider world to Immingham Dock which it built in the early Twentieth Century on an almost uninhabited, greenfield site on the south bank of the Humber, England.
Yarborough Street electric railway station was the first of five calling points on the 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2.0 km) eastern, "street" section [2] [3] of the inter-urban [4] Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway when travelling from Corporation Bridge, Grimsby to Immingham Dock.
The station was built by the Barton and Immingham Light Railway under the auspices of the Great Central Railway. [9] The line's primary purpose was to enable workers to get to and from Immingham Dock which was being built at the time the line was opened. The typical journey time to the dock was six minutes. [10]
Imported Coal transported from Immingham passes through Melton Ross. The South Humberside Main Line is one of eight national Seven Day Railway Routes, which target the routes with the strongest business case for investment. [2] The port of Immingham is located at the end of the South Humberside Main Line from Doncaster.