River Nene from the Embankment
An unusually busy scene looking upstream on the Nene towards Town Bridge from what would today be the Embankment.
Peterborough in Flood – November 2012
A few images captured on 27th November 2012 after heavy rains caused the River Nene to burst its banks at several locations around the...
Old Skool Rivergate
A great view along the Nene south of the Town Bridge showing a wonderful selection of riverside buildings that have all been long lost...
Motor Torpedo Boat on the Nene (1946)
A wartime motor torpedo boat being towed along the Nene in 1946.
The wooden-built veteran of European hostilities arrived at Peterborough under tow from a...
River Nene from Town Bridge – 1920s
Looking upstream from Town Bridge towards the railway bridge in the 1920s.
Image courtesy of Marcus Thompson from the Harold Burleigh Thompson collection
Patent Safety Ladder Company (c.1960)
Looking upstream from Town Bridge in the early 1960s and showing the Patent Safety Ladder Company premises.
Nene Star Boat Trips
The Nene Star based at Ferry Meadows shortly after the park opened and operating boat trips around the lake and for short distances out...
Floods (1876)
An 1876 dated illustration showing the Nene in a state of major flood downstream of the city.
Town Bridge & the Nene (c.1919)
Cows taking a drink in the foreground and the original Town Bridge in the background with the Customs House on the right and English...
Cadge & Colman Mill
A busy scene outside Cadge & Colman's riverside corn/flour mill in the early 1900s. The mill dates back to 1850.
