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  2. West Pier - Wikipedia

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    The West Pier is a ruined pier in Brighton, England. It was designed by Eugenius Birch and opened in 1866. It was the first pier to be Grade I listed in England but has become increasingly derelict since its closure to the public in 1975.

  3. Royal Suspension Chain Pier - Wikipedia

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    Turner and Constable both made paintings of the pier, King William IV landed on it, and it was even the subject of a song. The Chain Pier co-existed with the later West Pier, but a condition to build the Palace Pier was that the builders would dismantle the Chain Pier. They were saved this task by a storm that destroyed the already-closed and ...

  4. Grade I listed buildings in Brighton and Hove - Wikipedia

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    Three local architects—Charles Busby, Amon Wilds and his son Amon Henry Wilds—were responsible for several innovative, practical and elegant residential developments and public buildings in both Brighton and Hove. [9] [12] The Kemp Town and Brunswick estates bordered Brighton to the east and west respectively. [13]

  5. Dramatic video shows pier collapse at University of Wisconsin ...

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  6. Big Beach Boutique II - Wikipedia

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    Big Beach Boutique II was a free concert held on 13 July 2002 by English DJ Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook) on Brighton beach, Brighton, England.The concert was attended by over 250,000 people, four times the expected 60,000.

  7. 2 people rescued when California pier partially collapses

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    About 150 feet of pier section at the end of the Northern California wharf collapsed. The end of the pier that broke off had been shut down for repairs caused by prior storms.

  8. The Pier Falls - Wikipedia

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    The Pier Falls (New Statesman in April 2014) - The title story concerns the collapse of Brighton's West Pier on a Summer day in 1970 (in reality the pier was closed due to safety issues). Rivets start to fail as the structure falls into the sea, and many holidaymakers lose their lives as the death toll increases.

  9. Collapsed dock sends construction workers, equipment into New ...

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    Old wooden piles and a metal walkway are the only parts still visible from a 225-foot-long section of dock behind the Eastern Fisheries North Terminal which collapsed into the water in New Bedford.