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WEST PIER c.1866-1870

No information is available as to the dates of these photos, but the two above must have been taken within a year or two of the opening of the pier, say 1866-1870. The small one to the right is probably of about ten years later, 1875-1880.


Image Reference: JG_02_018.tif
Date: 1866-1870
Image Details: Original sepia toned monochrome print
Size of Original: 155x101
Place: Brighton
Additional Information: Written on this photo, Brighton New West Pier, opened 1866, length, 1,115 ft; width at Head, 146 ft. Cost circa £36,000, Engineer E. Birch Esq., Pier Master, W A Cheesman. No precise date for this photo or the next but they were probably within a year or two of the pier opening.

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