Brighton Pier
Formerly known as Palace Pier
Reproduced with permission from the Encyclopaedia of Brighton by Tim Carder, 1990
Public on the Palace Pier, 24 May 1899: Crowd gathered on the Palace Pier, at a ceremony to mark the fixing of the first column at the pier head on 29 May 1899. This extension was built to accommodate the theatre, which opened in 1901.
Image reproduced with kind permission from Brighton and Hove in Pictures by Brighton and Hove City Council
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