Piers Collection

The hollow head of the Sphinx, Egypt
Remarkable discoveries within the Sphinx: the temple within its hollow head. Professor G. A. Reisners interesting discoveries. A diagrammatic view of hidden temples and a stairway inside the Sphinx

Brighton / West Pier 1900
Brighton, Sussex: the West Pier

View of the River Wye and Old Wye Bridge at Chepstow
View of the River Wye (at low tide) at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. The scene is dominated by the Old Wye Bridge, constructed of cast iron during the Regency period in 1816

Taffs Well Viaduct, near Cardiff, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of Taffs Well Viaduct, also known as Walnut Tree Viaduct, near Cardiff, Glamorgan, South Wales. This was a railway viaduct crossing the canal

Pier and Sound, Plymouth Hoe, Devon. circa 1900

Brighton / Chain Pier 1835
The Chain Pier, Brighton, Sussex

Dancing on the pier at Blackpool, Lancashire
One of the piers at Blackpool, Lancashire, packed with dancing couples

Aerial view of beach, Galveston, Texas, USA
Aerial view of the beach, Galveston, Texas, USA. Date: circa 1930

Donaghadee - a view of the piers and lighthouse and a fishing boat putting to sea. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Donaghadee). Date: circa early 1900s

Man fishing, Fingle Bridge, Dartmoor National Park, Devon
Man fishing near Fingle Bridge, a 17th-century stone arch packhorse bridge over the River Teign near Drewsteignton, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. Date: 1974

Coogee Bay 1900s
Coogee Bay, Sydney area, New South Wales, Australia

Cromer Pier
A glimpse of the fine pier at Cromer, Norfolk, England. Built in 1901 and extended over the years, replacing a series of earlier piers. Date: 1960s

The Vision of Piers the Ploughman
Langland dreamed a wondrous dream. William Langland, in his 14th century poem, Piers Ploughman, falls asleep upon the Malvern Hills and dreams a dream in which he sees a fair field full of folk

Brighton / Chain Pier 1841
The Chain Pier, Brighton

Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset, England - Nave - In 1338 the mason William Joy employed an unorthodox solution by inserting low arches topped by inverted arches of similar dimensions

Scarborough Harbour and Piers, Victorian period

Harbour Entrance and Piers from Church Steps, Whitby - Chadwick postcard c. 1950 Date: circa 1950

House In Berkshire, Entrance Front
An architectural illustration of the entrance front of a fine house in Berkshire, with an exterior opening sided with piers, capped with spheres and iron fencing

Tower Bridge, masonry of lower parts of river piers Date: circa 1892

Plan and elevation of a Regency artists villa. Floorplan shows entrance hall A, anteroom B, picture gallery C, painting room D, drawing room F, dining room G, pantry K, servants entrance L

Music cover, The Douglas Bay Polka by Carl Hirsch
Music cover, The Douglas Bay Polka composed by Carl Hirsch, drawn by Alfred Concanen. circa 1860

Holidaymakers on the beach, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Holidaymakers on the beach, with the pier in the background, Lowestoft, Suffolk. Date: circa 1910

Holidaymakers on the pier, Lowestoft, Suffolk. circa 1910

Grand Pier, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset
Entrance to the Grand Pier, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. Date: 1916

West Street and North River Piers, New York City, USA
Aerial view of the West Street and North River Piers on the Hudson River, New York City, USA. Date: 1916

Seaside panorama at Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 9 March 1889, with people on the cliffs in the foreground. Date: 1889

Woman perched on a wooden donkey at the seaside, with a pier in the background (unknown location) c. 1925

Pier and Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA, in the moonlight. Date: circa 1908

Pier, Parade and Bandstand, Eastbourne, East Sussex. Date: early 20th century

The Pier, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Date: early 20th century

View from the Million Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey circa 1936. Dennis, Marlborough-Blenheim, Claridge, Brighton and Traymore hotels can be seen on the horizon. Date: c. 1936

Seaside hotels, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Ocean scene showing Traymore, Chalfonte and Haddon Hall hotels, and piers at Atlantic City, New Jersey circa 1936. Originally envisioned as a health resort

The Pier, Folkestone, Kent. circa 1900

People bathing, Britannia Beach, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
People bathing at Britannia Beach, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with a long pier in the distance. Date: circa 1910

Elbbrucke, Hamburg, Germany
Elbbrucke ( The North Elb Bridge ), Hamburg, Germany Date: circa 1910s

The works for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway Bridge at Blackfriars, London. Sinking a cylinder for one of the stone piers. Date: 1863

Folkstone pier
The pier at Folkstone, Kent. Date: 1890s

New Pier at Hastings 1872
The new pleasure pier in Hastings, East Sussex, England, opened in August 1872. Date: August 1872

Waterfront at San Francisco, California, USA
Aerial view of the waterfront at San Francisco, California, USA. Date: circa 1935

Purton Hulks, near Sharpness, Gloucestershire
The remains of one of the Purton Hulks. The old boats were deliberately sunk in 1950s to protect the banks of the Sharpness and Gloucester Canal at Purton, near Sharpness Docks

Old Dock House, Sharpness
Old Dock House at Sharpness Old Dock, Gloucestershire. Boat hulks are on the bank of the dock. These are the Purton Hulks, deliberately sunk in 1950s to protect the bank

Sharpness old Dock
A man walks along the south pier at the entrance to Old Sharpness Dock, Gloucestershire, England. First published The Sunday Times Date: circa 1987

Queensboro Bridge, Blackwells Island, East River, New York, USA. Date: circa 1920s

Vancouver, Canada - North Vancouver Ferry - Grand Trunk Dock
Vancouver, Canada - North Vancouver Ferry - Grand Trunk Pacific Dock. Date: 1919

Tocopilla, Antofagasta, Chile, South America
The port and docks of Tocopilla, in the Antofagasta region of Chile, South America. circa 1910

Landing stage at Rio Nunez (Nunez River) in Bok鬠Guinea
Landing stage at Rio Nunez (Nunez River) in Bok鬠 Guinea (then French Guinea). Date: circa 1920

Calais, France - view towards the piers
Aerial view towards the piers of French port city of Calais, showing houses and businesses in the foreground. Date: circa 1910s

Bank Heads, Larne - an elevated view showing promenade and swimming piers and Chaine memorial in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Larne). Date: circa early 1900s

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