Southend Pier Co
Other Business Names:
- Southend Corporation
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Southend on Sea, Southend on Sea, Essex, East of England, England
Sectors:
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Recreation activities
Pier development & management
Notes:
Authorised by act of parliament in 1829 and opened from 1930. Acquired and developed further by Southend Local Board / Corporation in 1875. Late 1880s rebuilt as an iron structure. Subsequently extended to become 'the longest pier in the world' by the 1930s. 1956 and 1976 pavillion and pier head destroyed by fire
Publications:
- Century of Iron. A history of Southend's Pier, 1889-1989 by Dowie, Peggy, & Ken Crowe
- Southend Pier by Easdown, Martin
- Southend Pier and its Story, 1829 1835 1935 by Burrows, John W
- Story of Southend Pier and its Associations by Shepherd, Edgar W
- War Story of Southend Pier by Herbert, A P
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Southend Corporation
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Southend on Sea, Southend on Sea, Essex, East of England, England
Sectors:
- Recreation activities Pier development & management
Notes:
Authorised by act of parliament in 1829 and opened from 1930. Acquired and developed further by Southend Local Board / Corporation in 1875. Late 1880s rebuilt as an iron structure. Subsequently extended to become 'the longest pier in the world' by the 1930s. 1956 and 1976 pavillion and pier head destroyed by firePublications:
- Century of Iron. A history of Southend's Pier, 1889-1989 by Dowie, Peggy, & Ken Crowe
- Southend Pier by Easdown, Martin
- Southend Pier and its Story, 1829 1835 1935 by Burrows, John W
- Story of Southend Pier and its Associations by Shepherd, Edgar W
- War Story of Southend Pier by Herbert, A P