Southport Pier at dawn, Merseyside. UK Weather. 9th July, 2017. Bright start to the day with some cloud cover. Southport Pier is a pleasure pier in Southport, Merseyside, England. Opened in August 1860, it is the oldest iron pier in the country. Its length of 1,108 m makes it the second-longest remaining in Great Britain. Credit; MediaWorldImages/AlamyLiveNews
Southport Pier is a pleasure pier in Southport, Merseyside, England. Opened in August 1860, it is the oldest iron pier in the country. Its length of 1,108 m makes it the second-longest in Great Britain, after Southend. A pier was first suggested in the 1840s but a company was not created until 1859. Work began the same year. Designed by James Brunlees, the 3600 foot pier opened in 1860. Waiting and refreshment rooms for boat passengers were added in 1862. A baggage line opened on May 7th 1863 but was re-laid the following year when the pier was widened and extended. It was upgraded to a cable-operated tramway in 1865. A further extension, in 1868, brought the length to 4380 feet. Storm damage and fires (in 1933 and 1957) reduced the length to the present 3633 foot, the second longest in Britain. The tramway was re-laid in 1893 and electrified on April 3rd 1905. Southport Corporation took over in 1936, and rebuilt the tramway’s rolling stock. When the town lost its DC electricity supply in 1950, the tramway’s 3 foot 6 inch gauge line was replaced with one foot eleven and a half inch gauge using diesel stock.
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Location: Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
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