Carte de visite showing a general view from the north-east of the West Pier

Date:: 1866 - 1920

Location:: West Pier, Kings Road, The City Of Brighton And Hove

Reference:: BB85/00340

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

The West Pier was built between 1863 and 1866 to designs by Eugenius Birch. The pier closed in 1975 and was severely damaged by storms in 1987 and by fire in 2003.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/40 Early Photographic Print Collection: East Sussex; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Curator: Gordon, John

Photographer: Mason, William Henry Goodburn

Keywords

Victorian Pier