3-021-630 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The new pier at Scarborough, 1869. 'The pier is constructed of iron...[and] is about 1000 ft. in length...The superstructure rests upon thirteen clusters of piles, in spans of 66 ft. and sixty-two wrought-iron piles in the pier head, formed of Barlow rails...The system of continuous girders is adopted, which has been found to answer so well in case of an accident to any of the clusters of columns. The deck of the pier is...of close planking. Along the main body there are twelve recesses...and seat accommodation along the entire length. At the head a commodious saloon has been erected; and suitable landing-inclines, available at all states of the tide, have been provided for steamers, yachts, and open boats. The work...has been completed at a cost of about £15,000. The pier has been constructed from the design and under the superintendence of Mr. E. Birch; the contractors were Mr. J. E. Dowson, and Messrs. Head, Wrightson, and Co., who have carried out the works most satisfactorily, and under great difficulties experienced in fixing the columns at the head in a rocky foundation exposed to heavy seas. The pier has satisfactorily withstood the extraordinary violence of the storms during the last winter'. From "Illustrated London News", 1869.