There are some great old images in this selection including collier Pompey Powerarriving at her unloading dock opposite the power station and ‘Pompey Light’ in dock, where the Isle of Wight car ferry now leaves from.
You will see what happened inside the bunker at Fraser & White Ltd the coal merchants and the horse drawn coal wagons lining up and being loaded outside in East Street.
Also featuring is a fantastic aerial of the Old Portsmouth Power Station around 1948 and a few images of the sailors that used to coal the ships at the quayside.
9. Coal in the past
British sailors covered in coal dust after coaling ship. Photo: The News archive
10. Coal in the past
The Russian warship Slava being coaled in Portsmouth. But when? Photo: The News archive
11. Coal in the past
Coal wagons waiting to be loaded from the giant bunker in East Street, Old Portsmouth. Picture: Courtesy of Terry Piper Photo: The News archive
12. Coal in the past
The collier Pompey Light in dock where the IoW car ferry now leaves from. Picture: Graham Stevens Collection Photo: The News archive