3-028-711 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The new pier at Eastbourne, 1870. 'The pleasant seaside town of Eastbourne situated at the foot of the grand range of the Sussex Downs, close to the end of their cliffs at Beachy Head, and presenting in some of its streets a picturesque combination of neat buildings with the foliage of trees, will be improved with an additional feature of attraction by the completion of the new pier. This structure is but half finished, yet the first portion of it was opened, on Monday week, by Lord Edward Cavendish, son of the Duke of Devonshire, who is one of the chief proprietors of the town...The design for this pier was supplied by Mr. E. Birch, civil engineer, of London; and Mr. H. Matravers is the resident engineer. The contractors are Messrs. Head, Wrighton, and Co., of Stockton-on-Tees'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.