. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . xtending some500 yards into the ocean. For one reason oranother all these schemes failed to mature,but, thanks to the ingenuity of the boroughengineer, a temporary promenade pier is nowavailable. The safety - bathing enclosure issemi-circular in shape, and consists of pilesdriven into the ocean bed, interlaced withironwork and steel pipes, thus forming anThe top of this enclosure has now been boarded and railed off to form a delightful promenade 910 feet in length. This is probably the first semi-circular promenade pier constructed,


. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . xtending some500 yards into the ocean. For one reason oranother all these schemes failed to mature,but, thanks to the ingenuity of the boroughengineer, a temporary promenade pier is nowavailable. The safety - bathing enclosure issemi-circular in shape, and consists of pilesdriven into the ocean bed, interlaced withironwork and steel pipes, thus forming anThe top of this enclosure has now been boarded and railed off to form a delightful promenade 910 feet in length. This is probably the first semi-circular promenade pier constructed, and since its erection has formed one of the most attractive features of the beach— excellent fishing being obtainable from the ocean side, while from the nearer railing a charming vista is furnished by bathers in dainty costume disporting in the grand rollers of the Indian Ocean breaking on the beach. At night the bathing enclosure and pier are brilli-antly illuminated, and during the warmer weather night bathing has been very popular. The dressing-room. Bathinci Booths Durban Beach 74


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