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Southport Pier is a pleasure pier in Southport, Merseyside, England. Opened in August 1860, it is the oldest iron pier in the country. Its length of 1,108 m (3,635 ft) makes it the second-longest in Great Britain, after Southend Pier. Although at one time spanning 1,340 m (4,380 ft), a succession of storms and fires during the late 19th and ...
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The Southport Pier Tramway was installed in 1864, and a new pavilion was built in 2001–02 to replace an earlier pavilion destroyed by fire in 1933. The pier is 3,650 feet (1,113 m) long, it is built in cast iron with four rows of columns carrying girders, and has a wooden deck. [83] [84] II: Conservatory
Brighton Palace Pier at dusk This is a list of extant and former coastal piers in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man and piers on the river Thames. Coastal piers England Name Place Ceremonial county Opened Length Pier of the Year Listed grade Description Image Central Pier Blackpool Lancashire 30 May 1868 1,118 feet (341 m) Originally 1,518 feet (463 m) long. South Pier Blackpool Lancashire 31 ...
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The railway originally consisted of a straight running line on the seaward shore of the Southport Marine Lake with a run-round loop at each end. In 1948 the line was extended northwards under Southport Pier, followed by a sharp 90-degree curve seawards [3] into a new terminus next to and named after Marine Parade.
Adventure Coast Southport is an amusement park located in Southport, Merseyside, England. [1] The park originally operated from 1913 to 2006 as Pleasureland Theme Park under the ownership of the Blackpool Pleasure Beach company. [2] In 2007, the park re-opened under the ownership of Norman Wallis, operating as Southport Pleasureland until 2024. [3]
From Southport Tramways Company the Corporation acquired the following 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 35-44 Brush Electrical Machines 1918 29, 31, 33 English Electric 1919