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Tramore (/ t r ə ˈ m ɔː r /; Irish: Trá Mhór, meaning 'big beach') [2] is a seaside town in County Waterford, on the southeast coast of Ireland. It has a population of 11,277 as per the 2022 census , the second largest town in the county.
North Pier was a retail and office complex located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The timber loft building, which lines the north side of Ogden Slip , was originally named Pugh Terminal and used as a wholesale exhibition center predating the Merchandise Mart .
The new Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier was built 1,130 feet (340 m) out over the Gulf of Mexico waters. It had its "soft" opening on May 25, 2012. [6]The new pier complex is located where the original Pleasure Pier stood from 1943 until 1961, when it was destroyed by Hurricane Carla.
The Metal Man (Irish: An Fear Miotail) [1] is a beacon off the coast of the Rosses Point Peninsula in County Sligo, Ireland.. The Metal Man viewed from the shore. There are other similar Metal Men beacons in Tramore, County Waterford and Dalky (Nerrano Man ), County Dublin.
Felixstowe Pier was a railway station on the Felixstowe Branch Line built in 1877 the site of which is now within the boundary of the Port of Felixstowe.There were a number of sidings that served the docks that were situated to the north of the line as well as one that served the seaplane (and subsequent military) bases on the south side.
Designed by W. Sutcliffe Marsh and promoted by John Jones Jenkins of the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway, the pier opened on 10 May 1898 at a cost of £10,000.It was the western terminus for the world's first passenger carrying horsecar railway, the Swansea and Mumbles Railway; and a major terminal for the White Funnel paddle steamers of P & A Campbell, unloading tourists from routes along the ...
Herne Bay Pier was the third pier to be built at Herne Bay, Kent for passenger steamers. It was notable for its length of 3,787 feet (1,154 m) and for appearing in the opening sequence of Ken Russell 's first feature film French Dressing . [ 1 ]