The West Pier was built as a pleasure pier. It cost £27,000 to build and opened in 1866. It's deck was 1,115 feet long. Over the early decades of its active life it saw many alterations in order to make it more attractive and therefore financially viable.
As first built it was fairly simple and consisted of a long open deck to a wider pier head. In later years it acquired a bandstand on a widened central platform, a windshield running down the centre of the deck, a wider pier head to allow for a steamer landing stage, and a large pier head pavilion. A concert hall opened in 1916 was the last major alteration, and so it remained throughout the twentieth century. Between the wars the West Pier had its own repertory company, but after the war it became essentially an amusement arcade over the sea, and went into a steady decline.
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The West Pier was built as a pleasure pier. It cost £27,000 to build and opened in 1866. It's deck was 1,115 feet long. Over the early decades of its active life it saw many alterations in order to make it more attractive and therefore financially viable.
As first built it was fairly simple and consisted of a long open deck to a wider pier head. In later years it acquired a bandstand on a widened central platform, a windshield running down the centre of the deck, a wider pier head to allow for a steamer landing stage, and a large pier head pavilion. A concert hall opened in 1916 was the last major alteration, and so it remained throughout the twentieth century. Between the wars the West Pier had its own repertory company, but after the war it became essentially an amusement arcade over the sea, and went into a steady decline.
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Brighton beach.
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