Another lovely pier long gone; the Archive now has further information on this pier from: ‘Yorkshire Piers’ author Martin Easdown. He tells us ”Coatham Pier had actually opened to the public in 1872 and was fully completed in 1874 to a length of 2,250ft before it was hit by the ‘Griffin’ and ‘Corrymbus’ in December 1874. The pier was repaired but was wrecked by storms in December 1876 and was shortened to 1,770ft. The pier was demolished in 1899 after being cut in two by the ‘Birger’ in October 1898.”
Image (from a postcard produced by Peter Sotheran) courtesy op Mike Holliday, thanks to Martin Easdown for the update.
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