Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,710 pages of information and 247,104 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

St. Leonard's Pier

From Graces Guide
1892.

St. Leonard's Pier also known as The Palace Pier. The pier was designed by Richard St. George-Moore and the main pavilion was designed by local architect Frank Humphries. It was built by Head, Wrightson and Co

1888 Construction commenced

1891 Opened. It was a few feet longer than the nearby Hastings Pier

1909 Relaunched as the American Palace pier and taken over by an American syndicate

1917 Pier purchased by John Henry Gardner

1933 Pier purchased by David and Philip Lannon

1951 Demolished

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