The images in the gallery date back as far as the 1800s.
You will see the flooding over the years, the chain ferry and a very old King James Gate - c1850.
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18. Broad Street from the past
Vosper's Broad Street yard in 1951. Picture: Courtesy of Mark Barrett Photo: The News archive
19. Broad Street from the past
The Fast Patrol Boat HMS Bold Pathfinder on the slip at Vosper's Broad St Yard Old Portsmouth on 28 August 1952. This ship was the Company's first gas turbine powered vessel being fitted with twin Metro-Vickers G2 Gas turbines and twin Mercedes Benz diesels taken from a captured German E Boat for crusing. This installation was an early example of the combined diesel or gas turbine machinery fit now common in modern warships. Picture: Courtesy of Mark Barrett Photo: The News archive
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