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  2. File:Constable - Chain Pier, Brighton, 1826–7, N05957.jpg

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  3. Royal Suspension Chain Pier - Wikipedia

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    Turner and Constable both made paintings of the pier, King William IV landed on it, and it was even the subject of a song. The Chain Pier co-existed with the later West Pier, but a condition to build the Palace Pier was that the builders would dismantle the Chain Pier. They were saved this task by a storm that destroyed the already-closed and ...

  4. Bitts - Wikipedia

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    Bitts are paired vertical wooden or metal posts mounted either aboard a ship or on a wharf, pier, or quay. The posts are used to secure mooring lines, ropes, hawsers, or cables. [1] Bitts aboard wooden sailing ships (sometime called cable-bitts) were large vertical timbers mortised into the keel and used as the anchor cable attachment point. [2]

  5. Seaview Chain Pier - Wikipedia

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    Seaview Chain Pier. Seaview Chain Pier was built in 1881 at Seaview, near Ryde on the Isle of Wight. The pier was designed by Frank Caws. Construction was from September 1879. The pier was opened in 1881 with finishing work completed in 1882. [1] It was 1,000 foot (300 m) long and had a width of 15 foot (4.6 m). [1]

  6. Birnbeck Pier - Wikipedia

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    Birnbeck Pier, also known as the 'Old Pier', is a pier situated on the Bristol Channel in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, approximately 18 miles (29 km) south-west of Bristol. It is the only pier in the country which links the mainland to an island, linking to Birnbeck Island , a 1.2-hectare (3-acre) rocky island just to the west of ...

  7. Brighton Palace Pier - Wikipedia

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    The Brighton Palace Pier, commonly known as Brighton Pier or the Palace Pier, [a] is a Grade II* listed pleasure pier in Brighton, England, located in the city centre opposite the Old Steine. Established in 1899, it was the third pier to be constructed in Brighton after the Royal Suspension Chain Pier and the West Pier , but is now the only one ...

  8. File:The Old Chain Pier, Brighton.jpg - Wikipedia

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    The Old Chain Pier, Brighton. Built 1823. Destroyed Dec. 4th 1896: Credit/Provider: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove: Image title: Monochrome photographic postcard showing the old Chain Pier, Brighton, several fishing boats can be seen in the foreground. Online copyright statement

  9. Gaff rig - Wikipedia

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    Gaff rig [1] is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the gaff. Because of the size and shape of the sail, a gaff rig will have running backstays rather than permanent backstays.