Brighton Palace Pier, Sussex (N 50°48’54” W 000°08’13”) Card 150x150mm with recycled envelope and biodegradable cello. Detailed caption on the reverse of the card. Card is blank for your own message.
Brighton Palace Pier, Sussex (N 50°48’54” W 000°08’13”)
Brighton Palace Pier was one of the last piers to be built in England. It was designed by R St George Moore, and construction began in 1891.It was officially opened in 1899, although it was not completely finished. Designed as an amusement and pleasure emporium, it was 533 metres (1,749 feet) in length, and supported a 1,500-seat pavilion at the seaward end plus various smaller buildings. These smaller buildings housed smoking rooms, dining rooms, grill rooms and reading rooms. There was an electric tramway running up to the end of the pier with illuminated arches along its length. It was Brighton’s third pier, although it was always ntended to eventually replace the original chain pier that was demolished unexpectedly by a storm in 1896. The Palace Pier was a direct rival for the West Pier that had been completed in 1866, and which was the target of arson attacks in 2002 and in 2003.
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