P Ier Collection (#7)

House boats at Alleppey, Kerala, India
House boats (rice boats) moored at a pier in Alleppey, Kerala State, India. The small town of Alleppey, or Alappuzha, has been described as the Venice of the East because of its network of canals

View of the harbour and pier at St Ives, Cornwall
A view of the harbour and Smeatons Pier at St Ives, Cornwall, with a range of boats. Two little girls in large-brimmed hats and smocks are doing some beachcombing

Man looking through a mutoscope on the pier
A Man looks through a mutoscope with the caption reading: My eye, Maria, come an ave a look ere. The motion of the waives is simple grand!

Royal Pier, Southampton
Entrance to the Royal Pier, Southampton. The pier pavilion was extended in 1922 and the present gatehouse, described at the time as " wedding cake architecture"

Oban, Scotland - view from above the Railway Pier looking down toward the bay and town

Refugees in Mexico WWII
On arrival, the refugees greet the Mexicans who came to the pier to welcome them during World War II

Steamer City of Philadelphia
City of Philadelphia Steamer, at Market Street Wharf and recreation pier, Chester, Pennsylvania Date: 1900s

New York Docks
Pier 6 at the docks in New York along West Street, south of 23rd Street, America

Belgium - Port of Ostende
Port of Ostende, Belgium. The mailship ferry departs the harbour as young boys fish off the pier, while others just lean on the railings watching the ships disappear into the North Sea

The Houses of Parliament - Evening
A view toward the Houses of Parliament from the southern bank of the River Thames in London. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Inverarary, Scotland - view from the harbour

Boats at Westminster Pier

Bedford Transport Magazine - Bus Number
The Bedford Transport Magazine - Special Bus Number - March 1933

English coastal village, possibly in Cornwall or Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Lowestoft, Suffolk
Holidaymakers on the pier at Lowestoft, Suffolk : the building is Howetts Royal Hotel

Pier at Cape Town, South Africa
Promenade Pier at Cape Town, South Africa

Hunstanton, Norfolk
The pier at Hunstanton, Norfolk

Storm at Dover 1881
The seafront at Dover, Kent being battered by storm of 18th January 1881. Wreckage of the pier and parade visible

Snowstorm at Ryde 1881
The snow storm of 18th January 1881 battering the railway pier at Ryde, Isle of Wight

Great Snowstorm 1881
Various ships and vessels including the Lucknow and Havelock on Ryde Pier are battered by the great snow storm & gales of 18th January 1881

Eastbourne Pier
The new pier at Eastbourne, Sussex

Brighton / Esplanade 1841
Brighton, Sussex: A handsome Esplanade, extending from the south-eastern corner of the Steine, forming the entrance to the Chain Pier. A most tasteful marine structure

CLEVEDON
What is a seaside resort without a pier ? Crowds gather for the opening of the new pier at Clevedon, Somerset

Catching a Whale off Deptford Pier, London, 1842
Engraving showing a 15 foot, 2 ton, whale being caught at Deptford Pier, London, in 1842. This whale had been swimming down the River Thames when it was sighted by watermen on the pier

Opening of the Thames Embankment, London, 1868
Engraving showing the opening of the Thames North Embankment, London, at Temple Pier to foot passengers in 1868. On the left of the image, several ferries are embarking passengers for Abbey Mills

Thames Embankment, London, 1863
Engraving showing the steam boat landing pier which was proposed and designed by J.W. Bazalgette, to be constructed between Waterloo and Blackfriars Bridges, London, 1863

Blackpool Pier
Opening of the new pier at Blackpool, Lancashire, adding yet another attraction to this popular holiday resort

Blackpool, New Pier
The opening of the new pier at Blackpool, Lancashire

Pier and beach - New Brighton
The Pier and beach - New Brighton, Cheshire

Pier of Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1869
Engraving showing one of the piers of the-then newly opened Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1869

Crossing the Mersey: The Steam-Ferry between Liverpool and B
Engraving of St Georges Pier, the Liverpool and Birkenhead ferry landing stage, from the Illustrated London News, 6th February 1886

King George V and Queen Mary at Cadogan Pier, London, August
Photograph of King George V, Queen Mary, Princess Mary and Princess Victoria disembarking from the State Barge at Cadogan Pier, London, on 4th August 1919

Departure of the Great Britain from Liverpool, 1852
Engraving showing the busy scene at Princes Pier, Liverpool, as hundreds of onlookers cheer the steam ship Great Britain upon its departure for Australia, 1852

The Great Dee viaduct in the Vale of Llangollen
The Great Dee Viaduct on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. The viaduct crosses the river Dee in the Vale of Llangollen. The impressive viaduct consists of 19 semicircular arches of 60 feet span

Dover Pier - 2
The Promenade Pier, seen from the beach

RYDE - 1909
Royal Pier Hotel, Ryde

PLYMOUTH - 1924
The Pier, Plymouth, Devon

Southampton - 1909
Royal Pier, Southampton

RYDE - 1908
Ryde Pier

Weston-Super-Mare - 1888
Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset

RYDE - 1923
Ryde Pier

DOVER PIER - 1906
Admirality Pier Dover

DOVER - 1906
Dover Port Date: 1906

LOWESTOFT - 1890
The Fish Market Lowestoft Suffolk

Bowness-On-Windermere
The Belsfield Hotel and the lake Bowness-on-Windermere Cumbria

Moana Hotel, Waikiki
The Moana Hotel, Waikiki, Honolulu, which was built in 1895. A beautiful pier extends into the ocean from the hotel and all the aquatic sports on Waikiki beach can be seen

Charing Cross Pier 1950S
A busy scene at Charing Cross Pier, Victoria Embankment, London, showing tourists enbarking on or alighting from boat trips up and down the River Thames, London

Blue & Lace Dress 1899
Blue print dress: high collar with 3 narrow black rows of ribbon round the throat & ornamented with white lace at the neckline, shoulders & skirt

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