Eastbourne Pier, EAST SUSSEX , ENGLAND. 17.09.09 AROUND 6.30 PM

Eastbourne Pier, EAST SUSSEX , ENGLAND. 17.09.09 AROUND 6.30 PM Eastbourne Pier is a firm favourite on the south coast of England and has an air of refinement and charm about it that is almost unique in terms of the piers that are still remaining today. Although it has undergone significant refurbishment over the years, this has always been very tastefully done and the end result is a construction that somehow is rather quintessentially English, in a somewhat understated way, less ostentatious perhaps. The first pile for Eastbourne Pier was driven into the seabed on 18th April 1866. At 1000ft (303m) long, Eastbourne Pier in common with most of that era was built purely as a promenadeOfficially opened by Lord Edward Cavendish on 13th June 1870, Eastbourne pier was not actually completed for a further two years. Designed by Eugenius Birch, the piles that supported the superstructure sat upon specially made cups, similar to those used on furniture to protect carpets from deep furrowing, that rested on the rock bed. This ingenious arrangement allowed the pier structure to 'move' in bad weather. Using two six-pound cannons, to test whether the superstructure could withstand such a force, proved almost insignificant compared with the adverse weather conditions experienced on this stretch of coastline over the last 128 years. The relatively unscathed Eastbourne Pier is testimony in itself to the substantial core of the construction.This is a charming pier, which although ...



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