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Swanage Pier, like never seen before.

Swanage Pier, like never seen before. Incredible viz and wow the structure is amazing! Swanage Pier is a Victorian pier which extends into the southern end of Swanage Bay near the town of Swanage, in the south-east of Dorset. It was built in 1895 for passenger ship services. It is situated on the eastern coast of the Isle of Purbeck, approximately 6 miles (10.1 km) south of Poole and 25 miles (40 km) east of Dorchester in the United Kingdom. An older pier, opened 1860, was used by local quarries to ship stone, but it fell into decline with only its timber piles remaining today. History Swanage Pier Act 1859 Swanage Pier as seen from the Downs at the southern end of Swanage The first Swanage Pier, which was 750 feet long, was authorised by the Swanage Pier Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. lxxvii) and built between 1859 and 1860 for use primarily by the local stone quarrying industry and included a tramway which ran the length of the pier and some way along the seafront. The old tracks can be seen to this day, inset into the seafront walkways. When local businessman George Burt introduced regular steamer services between Swanage and nearby towns Poole and Bournemouth in 1874, a need became apparent for a second pier to be built primarily for use by passenger steamers. Construction on the new pier began in 1895, and by 1896 was first used by a steamer. The pier was officially opened for traffic on 29 March 1897. While regular steamer services ran on the new pier up until 1966, the older original pier declined along with the stone industry it served some years earlier. Today all that remains of the old pier are some of the timber piles. #history #fun #swanage #dorset #scuba #scubadiving #wetfishfilms #tonyhowells #swanagepiertrust