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The Royal Suspension Chain Pier was the first major
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The Royal Suspension Chain Pier was the first major pier
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built in Brighton, England. Opened on 25 November 1823, it was destroyed during a storm on 4 December 1896.
History
Generally known as the ''Chain Pier'', it was designed by Captain Samuel Brown , with comstruction starting on 18 September 1822 and completing in September 1823, opening on 25 November 1823. Brown had completed the Trinity Chain Pier in Edinburgh in 1821. The pier was primarily intended as a landing stage forpacket boats
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to Dieppe, France
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Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Ne ...
, but it also featured a small number of attractions including a camera obscura
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''Camera obscura'' can also refer to analogous constructions such as a box or tent in w ...
. An esplanade with an entrance toll-booth controlled access to the pier which was roughly in line with the New Steine. Turner
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and Constable both made paintings of the pier, King William IV
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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 which destroyed the already closed and decrepit pier on 4 December 1896. Some of the debris from the pier damaged the then under construction Palace Pier and the Daddy Longlegs railway.
The remains of some of the pier's oak piles could be seen at low tides around 2010, however, as of 2021, they are no longer visible. Masonry blocks can still be seen. The signal cannon of the pier is still intact, as are the entrance kiosks which are now used as small shops on the Palace Pier.
Gallery
photochrom
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of Brighton Aquarium with the pier in the background, originally photographed around 1890
John Constable 024.jpg, Brighton beach with the ''Chain Pier'' in the background. By John Constable c.1824
JMW Turner, The Chain Pier at Brighton, Royal Pavilion.jpg, The Chain Pier at Brighton, by J. M. W. Turner
Brighton Chain Pier Signal Cannon Sep09.JPG, Signal cannon from the Chain Pier, on Palace Pier
Royal_Chain_Pier_model,_Brighton_Museum_and_Art_Gallery.jpg, Model of the Royal Suspension Chain Pier on display at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
See also
*National Piers Society
The National Piers Society (NPS) is a registered charity in the United Kingdom dedicated to promoting and sustaining interest in the preservation and continued enjoyment of seaside piers.
It was founded in 1979, with Sir John Betjeman as the f ...
* List of piers in the United Kingdom
References
External links
*Pictures and Drawings of the pier - from "Science and Society Picture Library"
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