2592 x 3872 px | 21,9 x 32,8 cm | 8,6 x 12,9 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
17 maggio 2015
Ubicazione:
West Pier, Brighton
Altre informazioni:
An image taken of the West Pier at low tide. This iconic land mark was designed by the famous pier architect , Eugenius Birch in 1866. This structure took three years to build. It's original length was 1, 115 ft long. In 1903 , a theatre was installed. Between 1918 to 1939, the pier had it's own resident orchestra and a year long programme of plays and ballets . Other attractions , included paddle steamer excursions, daring high divers and military bands. During the second world war, a section of the pier was dismantled, as a precaution to prevent the enemy of using it as a landing strip. Between the 1940's until 1970, there was an erosion in maintaining the pier's structure, to the point where the most southerly section was closed. Plans to dismantle the pier fully, was halted by public protest. . Designated a Grade II to Grade I building, the pier was closed permanently in 1975. This land mark is a combination of wilful neglect and arson attacks. In 2010 , the structure's beach end was dismantled for safety reasons. The West Pier Trust which has owned the pier since 1978 , maintains the construction of a new pier , as it's goal.
