Peterborough from the East (1888)

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An 1888 illustration looking back along the original course of the Nene through Black Bridge at Stanground and onto a city very much different...

Embankment in the Sixties

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A nice early 1960s shot of the Customs House (left) showing the Bishops Road Bus Station in the background right.

Motor Torpedo Boat, Embankment (1946)

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A wartime motor torpedo boat berthed on the Embankment in 1946. The wooden-built veteran of European hostilities arrived at Peterborough under tow from a small...

Peterborough Floods (1912)

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The embankment area in flood after the infamous storms of August 1912.

Peterborough from the South West (1827)

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An engraved image by the artist John Charles Varrall (1795-1855) and  dating to 1827, showing a view of the city from the south west...

Town Bridge and the Nene in Flood (1903)

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Town Bridge and the River Nene in a state of flood on Friday 30th October 1903. The month was one of the wettest on...

Boatyard on the Nene (1853)

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A wonderful photograph taken by city photographer Samuel Buckle in 1853 and showing an early boatyard on the banks of the Nene just upstream...

Old Skool Rivergate

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A great view along the Nene south of the Town Bridge showing a wonderful selection of riverside buildings that have all been long lost...

Rail bridge over the Nene (1932)

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Taken slightly later than the other image on the site, this November 1932 shot shows the line linking Peterborough East and North stations in...

Coffer Dam, River Nene (1937)

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Two images showing the 1937 construction of a Coffer Dam downstream of the city to enable the laying of a main sewer pipe under...