EPW039172 ENGLAND (1932). The Nene Viaduct and environs, Peterborough, from the west, 1932. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.

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Pennawd [EPW039172] The Nene Viaduct and environs, Peterborough, from the west, 1932. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.
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Dyddiad July-1932
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Enw lle PETERBOROUGH
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Gwlad ENGLAND
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This track to London was opened in 1850 - as two tracks, in the 1920's because of increasing traffic it was increase to four and two more bridges were built.One over the Nene another over the cross country line to March.

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Sunday 18th of December 2016 01:42:35 PM
Old original GNR River Nene Viaduct - On eastern side of track - Preservation order in 1988 - oldest cast iron bridge in the world carrying main line 100 MPH trains.

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Sunday 18th of December 2016 01:40:21 PM
Old wagon sheeting works - still there

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Sunday 18th of December 2016 01:37:37 PM
Loco awaiting to enter the LNWR loco shed

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Sunday 18th of December 2016 01:36:41 PM
Bridge being rebuilt form a wooden structure to the present riveted steel one.

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Sunday 18th of December 2016 01:35:36 PM
Cross country line to March and Cambridge

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Sunday 18th of December 2016 01:34:54 PM
Footbridge over the railway - removed when railway was spanned by the new bridge

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Sunday 18th of December 2016 01:33:58 PM
East Coast Main Line to London Kings Cross

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Sunday 18th of December 2016 01:33:15 PM
Peterborough's second power station - Built 1920's

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Sunday 18th of December 2016 01:32:30 PM
Peterborough Power Station built approx 1998

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Sunday 18th of December 2016 01:31:53 PM
Nene Valley Line - To Orton Mere and Wansford.

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Sunday 18th of December 2016 01:31:07 PM
Construction work on the new town bridge over the River Nene - Completed and opened in 1934 - The bridge, still there now enabled the level crossing to be removed as it also spanned the railway to March/Cambridge.

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Sunday 18th of December 2016 01:30:17 PM
LNWR locomotive Depot - Built in 1885 - Demolished in 1965

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Sunday 18th of December 2016 01:27:39 PM
LNWR Lodging house

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Sunday 18th of December 2016 01:26:56 PM
This is the blocked up entrance to the old Great Northern Railway/River transit dock - Barges entered here to load and unload - there was a small cast iron bridge over the entrance to enable continuation of the River Nene towpath.

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Sunday 18th of December 2016 01:26:16 PM
LNWR Turntable max 50ft loco, pit still there at Railworld

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Wednesday 24th of December 2014 09:05:59 PM