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Part of the PECT Collection

Railwworld Archive Pictures

Contributor: Brian Pearce
Owner: Railworld
Type: Image or Photograph
Location: Railworld, Peterborough
Recorded: From the late 1980s

As part of the 900 Voices project Railworld kindly shared some of their archive photographs of how this city centre site was transformed from derelict wasteland into a green and wonderful wildlife haven.

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Aqueducts just arrived with wagons and Bellis and Morcom Generator
Construction
Clearing the site Notice pylon
Diger Ponds tilted over
Digger Dumper bridge From Belis
The Wildlife Haven
Bridge construction
Jubilation. Bob Lawtons photo of The final Aqueduct installed by PCH into the haven
Kev Cage at work - Creating the wildlife pond
Looking towards the main pond from the top pond
Man that started it all - Rev Richard Paten - the first bridge in! RHS
Railworld Quay - 1997
Railworld Wildlife Haven entrance
Ray Wade, Graham Wade and Brian Pearce 1998 ish
The Caterpillar Demo team help out on the big waterfall
Then - 10 years ago and two rescued and restored Victorian bridges postioned and installed
Wildlife Haven, Mural and Environment Centre