| Carrington Street | |
| Map Type: | United Kingdom Nottingham Central |
| Maint: | Nottingham City Council |
| Coordinates: | 52.9481°N -1.1476°W |
Carrington Street is a street in Nottingham city centre between Nottingham station and Broadmarsh.
The street was laid out by Henry Moses Wood, Surveyor in 1828.[1] The opportunity offered by the construction of this new road was taken to install a large culvert 10feet in circumference as a storm drain, to carry water to the River Leen. The River Leen was dredged by approximately 4feet to provide additional capacity.[2]
In 1842 a bridge was constructed over the Nottingham and Beeston Canal to provide access to Nottingham Carrington Street railway station. The bridge costing £6,000 was partly sponsored by the Midland Counties' Railway.[3] It contained an inscription which read:
This bridge was commenced in August, 1841, J.M.B. Pigot M.D., Mayor, and completed in October, 1842, R. Morley Esq., Mayor, H.M. Wood, Architect.[4]
The bridge was widened in 1904 when the new Nottingham station was erected.
Having crossed the canal, the street arrived at Nottingham Carrington Street railway station. In 1846 the Derby to Nottingham railway line was extended to Lincoln and this necessitated a level crossing over Carrington Street. A wooden footbridge was provided to alleviate delays. This remained in use until the construction of a viaduct over the railway in 1867-68 at a cost of £35,000 designed by Marriott Ogle Tarbotton.[5]
In 1878 the Nottingham and District Tramways Company Limited opened a horse drawn tramway service between Trent Bridge and St Peter's Church. This was electrified in 1901 and tramway services continued provided by Nottingham Corporation Tramways until withdrawn in 1936.