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EPW036799 ENGLAND (1931). The Patent Safety Ladder Company Works, the English Brothers Ltd. Saw Mill and the River Nene, Peterborough, 1931
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| Title | [EPW036799] The Patent Safety Ladder Company Works, the English Brothers Ltd. Saw Mill and the River Nene, Peterborough, 1931 |
| Reference | EPW036799 |
| Date | September-1931 |
| Link | |
| Place name | PETERBOROUGH |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 519206, 298139 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.24100944812159, 52.567639725256 |
| National Grid Reference | TL192981 |
Pins
 I have since found out that the 1920's power station was not completely demolished - i have seen plans to prove that it was 'absorbed' into the 1940's new station and I wanted to update the info that I had provided |
Grimsby Boy |
Sunday 7th of February 2021 03:43:08 PM |
| Standard Gauge - Railway Coal Truck being tipped up for the coal to be dropped into a smaller truck to feed the boiler house for the generation of steam to turn the generators |
Grimsby Boy |
Friday 27th of November 2020 01:58:34 PM |
| The railway line also went into the Electricity sub station .. in the early days, the railways were the only people capable of moving heavy objects like transformers use in the generation of electricity |
Grimsby Boy |
Friday 27th of November 2020 01:22:29 PM |
| The old cast iron River Nene road bridge - Replaced in 1933/34 when they built the River Nene Viaduct that went over the river and the cross country railway line to Peterborough east, March and Cambridge |
Grimsby Boy |
Friday 27th of November 2020 01:19:26 PM |
| Stanground Backwater |
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Monday 2nd of May 2016 03:03:07 PM |
| Fair Meadow East Council Car Park. |
Grimsby Boy |
Monday 2nd of May 2016 03:01:58 PM |
| River Nene - The Black Bridge can be seen on the right destroyed by fire in the early 1960's The Nene to the right is the original course of the river. The left is the new direct route to Dog in Doublet, Wisbech and the North Sea. |
Grimsby Boy |
Monday 2nd of May 2016 03:00:30 PM |
| Railway Goods Sheds - Listed and due for refurbishment |
Grimsby Boy |
Monday 2nd of May 2016 02:56:50 PM |
| Colemans Floor Mill in use until the late 1990's - Has been listed along with engine and goods sheds |
Grimsby Boy |
Monday 2nd of May 2016 02:56:06 PM |
| Easter Counties Loco Depot - Still with us in 2016 and being restored for use on the new south bank development |
Grimsby Boy |
Monday 2nd of May 2016 02:54:50 PM |
| Raised railway track to allow coal to drop through the floor of the wagons to feed the power station furnace |
Grimsby Boy |
Monday 2nd of May 2016 02:53:17 PM |
| Peterborough's First Power Station - Approx 1903 |
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Monday 2nd of May 2016 02:44:07 PM |
| Stanground Church - St John's |
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Monday 2nd of May 2016 02:42:56 PM |
| This bridge carried the electrical power from the station to the substation on the south side of the River Nene. |
Grimsby Boy |
Wednesday 24th of December 2014 06:20:39 PM |
| This is the original 1849 GNR cast iron Viaduct over the River Nene - It was made a listed structure in the 1980's and is at present (December 2014) under restoration by Bam Nuttall and Network Rail. |
Grimsby Boy |
Wednesday 24th of December 2014 06:19:16 PM |
| Looks like an 0-6-0 Loco moving the coal wagons up for discharging |
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Wednesday 24th of December 2014 06:12:48 PM |
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Wednesday 11th of June 2014 09:57:40 AM | |
| Peterborough East Railway Station |
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Wednesday 15th of May 2013 04:10:18 PM |
| Old Custom House |
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Monday 11th of February 2013 09:55:31 PM |
| East Coast Main Line LNER |
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Monday 11th of February 2013 09:11:42 PM |
User Comment Contributions
The site of Peterborough East Station looking east, Peterborough, 10/06/2014 |
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Tuesday 23rd of December 2014 01:44:05 PM |
Bridge over the River Nene, Peterborough, 10/06/2014 |
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Tuesday 23rd of December 2014 01:43:03 PM |
Railway bridge over the River Nene looking west, Peterborough, 10/06/2014 |
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Tuesday 23rd of December 2014 01:41:53 PM |
River Nene looking east, Peterborough, 10/06/2014 |
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Tuesday 23rd of December 2014 01:41:15 PM |
View looking east. |
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Monday 11th of February 2013 09:10:51 PM |