page_title: West End Pier, Morecambe
hierarchical_section_title: West End Pier, Morecambe
caption_attribution_description: Print no. &#34;11147&#34;.; Forms part of: Views of the British Isles, in the Photochrom print collection.; More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz; Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J-foreign section, Detroit, Mich.&#160;: Detroit Publishing Company, 1905.
context_page_description: West End Pier was one of two piers in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, built during the late 19th century to an eventual length of 1,800 feet long and officially opened on 3 April 1896 by Colonel William Henry Foster MP. The pier was one of the first structures in the town to be installed with electric lighting in 1899.
  The pier suffered storm damage in 1977 and with repair costs of £500,000, the pier was instead demolished the following year.
context_section_description: West End Pier was one of two piers in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, built during the late 19th century to an eventual length of 1,800 feet (550 m) long and officially opened on 3 April 1896 by Colonel William Henry Foster MP. The pier was one of the first structures in the town to be installed with electric lighting in 1899.
  The pier suffered storm damage in 1977 and with repair costs of £500,000, the pier was instead demolished the following year.
caption: West End Pier, between 1895 to 1900
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