Harbour picture gallery
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Albert Pier by Francis de Faye
The harbour in 1855 - a Harwood print
Crowds at the Harbour by Ernest Baudoux
A rail track in the 1870s
Yacht in the Harbour c1900
Loading on the Victoria Pier in 1887 by Ernest Baudoux
The New North Quay by Francis de Faye
An old print of the first harbour jetty
Unloading the ss Guernsey by A Laurens
Unloading by Edwin Dale
Victoria Pier by Ernest Baudoux
Carriages meet the incoming mailboat
The harbour in 1880
Carriages on the Albert Pier in the 1880s
A boat arrives in the 1880s
Victoria Pier before the Germans built a bunker on tne end
A steamer on the Victoria Pier
The English Harbour in 1907
The Old Harbour
Albert Pier 1901
1840
1877
A 1943 plan for developing the harbour which was rejected
On a very high spring tide water washes over the top of the Albert Pier
Work under way to reclaim the top of the old harbour
La Folie with the New North Quay being widened in the background
The South West Railway terminal building
Barrels on the New North Quay
Harbour entrance 1910
The English Harbour 1900
South Pier
A queue of potato lorries photographed by Leonard Skingle
The Harbour about 1900
The English and French harbours and La Folie
Great Western Railway Guernsey boat
Albert Pier June 1940
Albert Pier June 1940
A P M Laurens photograph of a boat being moved along Commercial Buildings by a horse
The arrival of a boat from France
A busy harbour in the 19th century
The Albert Pier cafe on the move in 1971
Laying a rail track
Sailing boats in the harbour
The Southampton boat on the Victoria Pier
Dinghies at the top of the Albert Pier at high tide
Ladies stroll past the Abattoirs at the top of the Albert Pier, probably before 1900
Harbour entrance
Victorian stereoview image of the harbour
La Folie and the harbour
The back of the Victoria Pier
A Victorian lantern slide
A 'super yacht' in the English Harbour in the 1930s
Looking down on the Weighbridge
The English Harbour
A crowd meets a boat's arrival, photographed by Francis Foot
Old Harbour
Sailing boats in the main harbour
English Harbour
A water carnival
Leisure craft in the English Harbour
1770
Aerial view
The harbour in the early 19th century
The top of the Albert Pier
A view of the harbour in the days of sail
The old harbour in 2005
The end of Victoria Pier
1843 harbour plan
The English Harbour in 1907
Photo of English Harbour by Edwin Dale
The Harbour in the 1890s
Before land reclamation
Tanker berth 1977
Tanker berth 1977
Tanker berth 1977
Victoria at the pierheads by Ouless
Victoria Harbour in 1865
The inner harbour in 2011
1879 Harbour development plan
1934 aerial photograph
1866 harbour photograph
The Harbour in 1947
The top of the old harbour
The Harbour in 1844
The harbour in 1901
An aerial view in 1968
Sailing vessels of various sizes in an undated 19th century photograph
1930s aerial photograph
The harbour in 1860
The old harbour
The harbour in the early 18th century when only the French and English harbours had been built
Another view of the harbour in 1840
Sailing ships leave the French Harbour
The harbour in the 1850s
The old harbour
The harbour in 1893
The harbour in 1893
The harbour in 1893
The harbour in 1893
The harbour in 1893
The harbour in 1893
The harbour in 1893
The harbour in 1904
The harbour in 1905
A boat arriving through the pierheads
Loading potatoes for export on the Albert Pier
A view of the harbour in 1947
Potato barrels on the Albert Pier
Potato boats in the harbour early in the 20th century
The harbour in 1840
The harbour in 1797
The weighbridge with the top of the New North Quay and the Albert Harbour beyond and the Albert Pier in the background
The 1907 potato season at its height
In 1900, when this picture was taken by Albert Smith, the Old Harbour can be seen reaching to within feet of the new Weighbridge Gardens
The weighbridge in use during the 1895 potato season
A picture by Albert Smith taken before 1900
The high tide floods over the harbour edge in 1962
Post-war car and bus parking. Note that there are no road markings
Sailing vessels pack both sides of the New North Quay for this Ernest Baudoux photograph
A picture of a virtually deserted Weighbridge and Albert Harbour in the very early 1900s. Why were there no ships in harbour?
The Albert Pier
Large vessels were used on the Granville route in the early 1900s
This painting shows one of the early jetties
The 1910 potato season
The harbour in 1910
George Reynolds painting of the laying of the Victoria Pier foundation stone
Denham Percival picture
Potato exports
A ship alongside the Commercial Buildings quay
Looking down on the New North Quay
The roofs of Commercial Buildings with the Harbour beyond
English Harbour
English Harbour
New North Quay
English Harbour in 1935
English Harbour
General G R Charlton's impression of harbour construction in 1814
The harbour in 1855
The harbour in the 19th century
A very early picture of St Helier Harbour
An impression of the harbour in 1820
The harbour in 1893
1771, and only two small jetties exist
The Harbour photographed by Albert Smith in 1900
A view of the Harbour by Poulton
English Harbour: 19th century
A large sailing vessel moored alongside Commercial Buildings with Fort Regent in the background
A view from Fort Regent
The harbour mouth
The Old Harbour around 1900
Victoria Pier
Victoria Pier
Yachts in the harbour in 1958 before a marina was ever thought of
The harbour in 1902
The old immigration building
Plans for a deep water harbour in 1860
An impression of the harbour in 1890
From Fort Regent with Elizabeth Castle beyond the Harbour and Noirmont headland in the background
The harbourmouth
English Harbour
The harbour in the 1960s
An early engraving of vessels beached under South Hill before a jetty was built
Sailing vessels pass the English Harbour
English Harbour
A steamer on the Victoria Pier
Leisure craft in the French Harbour
La Folie
The top of the old harbour: 19th century
Passengers disembark on the Victoria Pier
A steamer on the New North Quay
The harbour in 1902
The harbour in 1903
The harbour in 1904
The harbour in 1908
The harbour in 1980
The French Harbour
Looking down on the New North Quay
English Harbour
Disembarking on the Victoria Pier
Carriages await passengers on the Victoria Pier
Victoria Pier
Potato boats on the New North Quay
New North Quay
English Harbour
La Folie
English Harbour
A steamer on the New North Quay
The Harbour viewed from Fort Regent with Elizabeth Castle beyond
Harbourmouth
The pierheads in 1913
Harbourmouth viewed from the Hermitage
The Albert Pier in 1930 by A E Le Riche
An aerial view of the harbour looking east over the St Clement coast. Most harbour views are shown in the opposite direction, taken from a somewhat lower viewpoint on Fort Regent
The Harbour in 1976
A paddle steamer about to leave the harbour
A horse-drawn carriage passes potato barrels
A steamer enters the harbour
La Folie Inn
New North Quay
The Harbour in 1854
1857 development plan
The harbourmouth viewed from La Folie
Looking down on the New North Quay
Old Harbour
1950s
1930s
A hotel bus passing the Abbatoirs at the top of the harbour after collecting arriving guests
A busy time on the Albert Pier
The corner of the English Harbour looking towards the New North Quay
Looking down on the Harbour - the English Harbour is in the foreground
The Old Harbour from the New North Quay
The Weighbridge end of the Old Harbour
Potato boats in 1906
The Southampton mail steamer arrives
Passengers disembark from the Southampton boat
The St Malo boat arrives
The 1872 ceremony for the laying of the Elizabeth Castle breakwater foundation stone
Commercial Buildings in 1906
The Harbour in 1907
A passenger at the harbour in 1910
The New North Quay was originally much narrower than it is today
Work under way to widen the New North Quay
The upper harbour
The Granville boat arrives
The Hermitage in 1872, connected to Elizabeth Castle and rail tracks laid to service the building of the new breakwater beyond
Hotel carriages meet the ss Alberta
View from the Albert Pier
Leisure craft in the French Harbour
The French Harbour
Harbourmouth
Looking down on the Weighbridge
The Old Harbour
The harbour viewed from the Victoria Pier
The harbour by moonlight in 1910
Potato export time
Small vessels in the French Harbour
Victoria Pier
The arrival of a boat on Victoria Pier
The harbour in 1910
A steamer docks on the Victoria Pier
St Helier Harbour and Fort Regent in 2007
The West of Albert land reclamation was well under way in 1995
A new section is added to the reclaimed land beyond the Esplanade in 1995
St Helier stretches out behind the Esplanade with People's Park and Victoria Park on the far left
An overall view of the Waterfront in 1995
Looking across the Waterfront from above the Elizabeth Terminal ferry terminal in 1996
A higher view looking down on the ferry terminal and the reclaimed Waterfront behind
The reclaimed area is extended westwards towards West Park in 1995
Reclaimed land to the west of the Albert Pier is still largely undeveloped in 1996
The Elizabeth Harbour ferry terminal in 1997
Work on South Pier
Albert Pier
1904
1930s or 1940s
The outer harbour
A 2006 aerial view
1830s
1840s
Victoria Pier
English harbour
Laying the 1872 foundation stone
The 1880s
Almost ....
An Edwin Dale photograph
The harbourmouth in 1870
1788 plan
1843 plan
The abandoned La Collette breakwater in 1929
Plenty of smoke from an early paddlesteamer
Setting sail
1950
An aerial view
The Harbour entrance in 1908
The harbour in 1900
Potato barrels
Albert Pier
A photograph by Albert Smith
Victoria Pier
Top of the Old Harbour
English Harbour
1950s aerial view
1950s aerial view
The new ferry terminal being constructed beyond the first reclamation scheme
The new ferry terminal in use
A crane on its way from the Albert Pier to the Victoria Pier in 1932
The crane passes the Harbour Office
A steamer arrives at the Albert Pier
The Albert Pier before the abattoirs were built
A ferry arrives in 1973
Laying the foundation stone for the Victoria Pier landing stage in 1887
Back of the Victoria Pier
1788 development plan
1843 development plan
Havre Neuf
An old harbour print
A sailing boat with a paddle steamer behind
Paddle steamer on the Albert Pier
Victoria pierhead
1894
New North Quay and the Weighbridge
Land reclamation 'West of Albert'
The pierheads
The pierheads in 1856
The pierheads and La Collette marina
The end of Victoria Pier in the 1930s
The English harbour
The ferry terminal
the ferry terminal
The French Harbour
1960s
1997
Harbour entrance in the 1850s
Harbour entrance in the 1850s
The Harbour and Fort Regent
Havre Neuf
La Capelain drawing of boats leaving harbour
Le Capelain drawing of the harbour with shipping
La Collette Marina
The 'island site' at the top of the Albert Pier
The 'island site' at the top of the Albert Pier
Tanker berth
Elizabeth Terminal
1830s
The first reclamation site
The old abattoirs at the top of the Albert Harbour
The harbour entrance from La Folie
A steamship in the harbour
Sailing vessels on either side of the New North Quay
An aerial view of the Albert marina in 1996
