The work was designed and executed by Mr. John Dixon, of London, who built the pier at Southport, on the Lancashire coast. The Douglas pier has been completed within five months, under the superintendence of Mr. Waynman Dixon, as resident engineer. The approach is by a broad flight of steps from the road in front of Villa Marina, near the Esplanade. There is an office, like a small Chinese pagoda, for collecting tolls, with handsome gates, and a recording turnstile for the visitors to pass through. They are protected by a secure railing along each side of the pier.
Boats can embark passengers at the pierhead in all states of the tide.
The whole structure is prettily decorated and painted. The ceremony of naming and opening the new pier, as we mentioned last week, was performed by Mrs. Loch, the wife of Mr. H. B. Loch , C.B., Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man, and formerly of the British Consular Service in China. Another pier is still under construction at Douglas of a more substantial and utilitarian character.