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It also houses the Southend Pier Museum and a gift shop relating to the history of the RNLI and lifeboats. The museum features exhibits about the pier's history, including a restored working pier signal box, a tram and train carriages, photos, period costumes, and a small collection of working old penny slot machines.
The Southend Pier Railway is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway in the English city of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It runs for 1.25 miles (2.0 km) along the 1.34-mile (2.16 km) length of Southend Pier , providing public passenger transport from the shore to the pier head.
Southend Central Museum: Southend-on-Sea: Southend-on-Sea: Multiple: Local history, natural history, planetarium Southend Pier Museum: Southend-on-Sea: Southend-on-Sea: Amusement: History of the Southend Pier, working penny slot machines Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill: Stansted Mountfitchet: Uttlesford: Mill: Late 18th century windmill Stock ...
Southend Central Museum: Southend-on-Sea: Museum opened in 1981 housing collections of local and natural history and containing a planetarium constructed by astronomer Harry Ford in 1984. It previously served as Southend's first free public library. Grade II listed building. Southend Pier: Southend-on-Sea: Longest pleasure pier in the world.
The last time the UK cities list was expanded was in 2012, when Chelmsford in Essex was among the places granted city status.
Purchased from Southend Pier Railway around 1948. Operated on VER until the 1990s when it was decided to retire the aged Southend cars. Static display at Southend Pier Museum. 9 (1st) 40 seat open VER/Paston Place Works 1910 Compagnie Electrique Belge 8 hp (6.0 kW) Operational [12] Carried no.2 between 1948 and 2000. 9 (2nd) Southend Pier 40 ...
A city has planned its first-ever New Year's Eve seafront fireworks display. Southend-on-Sea City Council said the free event would see two displays launched from a barge east of Southend Pier on ...
Complementing the park is Southend Pier, the longest pleasure pier in the world (built in 1830 as a wooden pier, rebuilt as a steel pier in 1889); it extends more than a mile (1,34 miles/2,16 km) toward the ocean. The pier train runs the entire length of the pier to the Lifeboat Museum. The park runs both east and west sides of the pier.