Peterborough from the East (1888)
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
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)
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)
The embankment area in flood after the infamous storms of August 1912.
Peterborough from the South West (1827)
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
Two images showing the 1937 construction of a Coffer Dam downstream of the city to enable the laying of a main sewer pipe under...