West Pier

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English: The West Pier is (was) a pier in Brighton, England, that was built in 1866.

The Pier by time[edit]

Intact pier (1866 until 1975)[edit]

1866
ca. 1900
ca. 1900
ca. 1920
1970
1970
1973-12-09
1975-01-17
1975-01-17

Closed pier and destruction (since 1975)[edit]

English: Since 1975 the pier had been cut off from the shore (partly deliberately, for safety reasons).

1980-04-13
1987-11-28
1990-09-02
1992-09
1995
1995-07-31
1995-11-05
1996
2000-12-26
2001-08-14
2002-01-27
2002-02-15
2002-05-01
2002-05-28
2002-07-17
2002-11-05 (or earlier)
2002-11-05 (or earlier)
2002-10-11
2002-11-18
2002-12-12
2002-12-26

English: 2002-12-29 – a walkway connecting the concert hall and pavilion collapsed and fell into the sea during a storm

2002-12-29
2003-01-01
2003-01-11

English: 2003-01-20 – the concert hall in the middle of the pier collapsed

2003-02
2003-03-01
2003-03-03

Fires and further destruction (since 2003)[edit]

English: 2003-03-28 – first fire destroyed the pavilion at the end of the pier

2003-03-28
2003-03-28
2003-04-13

English: 2003-05-11 – second fire destroyed the rest of the concert hall

2003-07-19
2003-07-19
2004-02-16
2004-03
2004-03
2004-05-17

English: 2004-06-23 – complete collapse of the middle of the pier

Objects from the pier at Brighton's seafront museum[edit]

Other[edit]

unclear date
2004 (?)

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Brighton West Pier