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Piers at Bournemouth
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Small Wooden Jetty
The first pier at Bournemouth was a small wooden jetty just above the water. -
1000ft wooden pier
Designed by George Rennie and costing £3418 a new pier was built -
Piles replaced with cast iron
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838ft iron pier
Eugenius Birch designed the 838 foot iron pier at a cost of £21,600. -
Covered shelters and band stand added
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breached as an anti-invasion measure
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Re-opened after WWII
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Concrete substructure built to carry new theatre
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Rebuilt due to corrosion damage £1.7million
New concrete shoreward neck built and buildings added to the pier -
£13million high tech pier plans rejected by Millenium Commision
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Openwide ltd take over operation of the pier from the Council
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Top Secret £1.1million deal reported between Council and Openwide ltd for outdoor attraction
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The Pier Theatre last season, planned outdoor activity centre put back to 2014