13 photos of the historic Cambers of Old Portsmouth
Steve Deeks
·2-min read
A long gone scene at the Camber, Old Portsmouth.With a collier tied up alongside the Camber dock we see a steam vessel making her way out to the harbour. Picture: Barry Cox collection
Featured are Camber Docks, and the North and the South Cambers. So much has changed in these areas over the years as you can see.
Included are merchant sailing ships in the Camber, Vosper’s shipyard, Royal Research Ship Discovery, the Camber before HMS Warrior, the dry dock area before Portsmouth Power Station was built and Fraser and White coal wagons at the giant bunker in East Street.
Here we see inside one of the coal hoppers at the Camber, Old Portsmouth. Unloaded from a collier and then loaded on to lorries. Picture: Mick Franckeiss collection
Windjammers in the Camber, Old Portsmouth.Taken from Gower Lloyd’s new book on Portsmouth Point.His books include:Portsmouth Point - An Illustrated HistoryPortsmouth Point - A Commercial & Cultural HistoryA History of Point - Portsmouth's Spice Island (Photo: The News archive)
Vosper’s ship yard, the Camber. Picture: Courtesy of Jon Clapham from Old Portsmouth
Coal wagons waiting to be loaded from the giant bunker in East Street, Old Portsmouth. Courtesy of Terry Piper from Purbrook (Photo: The News archive)
View north from Semaphore Tower showing South Camber and King's Stairs, Portsmouth Dockyard in 1970. The News PP1842 (Photo: The News archive)
An aerial view of Old Portsmouth on September 30, 1992. The News PP3838 (Photo: The News archive)
Royal Research Ship Discovery in the Camber Dock in 1925 for reconstruction. The dry dock was later used for unloading coal for the new power station. Picture: Stephen Payne collection.
The Camber dry dock built in 1860 with the new power station under construction to the rear and opened in 1894. Picture: Mike Nolan collection
Bridge Tavern at Camber Quay, Old Portsmouth in June 1985. The News PP5594 (Photo: The News archive)
A look across North Camber before HMS Warrior 1860 arrived in 1987. This is a 1977 view. Picture: Brian Maxwell
Pictured on an upturned bucket is Art Tait at the Camber in 1950. Sent in by Val Clements of Sackville Street, Southsea. Did you know of Art?
The Camber, Old Portsmouth, which shows how the Bridge Tavern got its name. Thought to be pre-1926 (Photo: The News archive)
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