Archive photos of Ipswich Waterfront over the last 100 years

Work on the wet dock started in 1838 and the dock opened for business in 1842.

The area was a functioning dock up until the 1970s.

Here we take a look back at life on Ipswich Waterfront throughout the last century.

Boats in the dock pictured in the 1920s (Image: Newsquest)

The ship Killoran docked in the early 1930s (Image: Newsquest)

The lock gates to Ipswich Dock open to the River Orwell (pictured 1949) (Image: Newsquest)

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The docks came close to flooding in December 1954 (Image: Newsquest)

Albion Wharf and Common Quay in 1959 (Image: Newsquest)

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A fire broke out at Neptune Quay in July 1965 (Image: Newsquest)Cliff Quay photographed from the river bank opposite in Wherstead in 1973 (Image: Newsquest)

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The Queen visited the docks during the Golden Jubilee visit to Ipswich in 2002 (Image: Newsquest)Sunrise over the Waterfront in 2007 (Image: Andy Abbot)Ipswich Docks turned green after Storm Babet (Image: Alan Pawsey)