Today I saw a film shot with a drone of Brighton's iconic ruined West Pier and it reminded me to post this image of the pier's remains that I took back in february this year (2015). The pier was built in 1866 by the exquisitely named Eugenius Birch who was a 19th-century English naval architect, engineer and noted pier builder. The list of piers that he had built is quite amazing, they were / are :
Margate Pier, Margate (1856-57), North Pier, Blackpool (1862-63), West Pier, Brighton (1863-66), Deal Pier (1864), Lytham Pier (1864-65), Aberystwyth Royal Pier (1865), Eastbourne Pier (1866–72), Birnbeck Pier, Weston-super-Mare (1867), New Brighton Pier (1867), Scarborough North Pier (1866–69), Hastings Pier (1869–72), Hornsea Pier (1880), Bournemouth Pier (1880) and Plymouth Pier (1884).
It's also fascinating to discover that Brighton Aquarium (the world's oldest operating aquarium) was also conceived and designed by Eugenius Birch.
Photography Copyright © Justin Hill
Margate Pier, Margate (1856-57), North Pier, Blackpool (1862-63), West Pier, Brighton (1863-66), Deal Pier (1864), Lytham Pier (1864-65), Aberystwyth Royal Pier (1865), Eastbourne Pier (1866–72), Birnbeck Pier, Weston-super-Mare (1867), New Brighton Pier (1867), Scarborough North Pier (1866–69), Hastings Pier (1869–72), Hornsea Pier (1880), Bournemouth Pier (1880) and Plymouth Pier (1884).
It's also fascinating to discover that Brighton Aquarium (the world's oldest operating aquarium) was also conceived and designed by Eugenius Birch.
Photography Copyright © Justin Hill
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