Situated on a footbridge that spanned the lines to the

north of Spalding station was this gas lamp. I suspect that this particular example was a replacement for an earlier and far more ornate type that would have burnt town gas. However, this slightly later example would probably have burnt LPG either from the mains supply or from a cylinder located safely nearby. I also think that at the time that this photograph was taken that the lamp had fallen out of use but it does appear to have an intact mantle in front of the reflector disk.