Sunrise over both, Tynemouth and South Shields Piers
- Photograph
- 12" by 10"
- unframed
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£40.00
- Tynemouth Pier
This massive stone breakwater extends from the foot of the Priory some 1000 yards out to sea, protecting the northern flank of the mouth of the Tyne.
It has a broad walkway on top, popular with Sunday strollers.
On the lee side is a lower level rail track, formerly used by trains and cranes for loading ships.
At the seaward end is a light-house.
The pier's construction took over 40 years (1854–1895).
In 1898 the original curved design proved inadequate against a great storm and the centre section was destroyed.
The pier was rebuilt in a straighter line and completed in 1909.
A companion pier at South Shields protects the southern flank of the river mouth.
