Designed by John Dixon a London Engineer and built at a cost of £6500..
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Foundation stone laid January 1869 and opened by Mrs Loch 19th August 1869; supposedly dismantled and sold to Rhos on Sea in 1892 though some doubt has been cast on this ; the refreshment room/pavilion at the end of the pier was used at Groudle as Dokie's Cafe. |
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The entrance was at the foot of Broadway; the pier streching for some 1000 feet. A local poetaster, J M Sutherland wrote 'The Douglas Iron Pier' |
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The charge (in 1874) was 1d a visit, 1s 6d a month or 5s per annum.
The Iron pier around 1890 - note the Falcon
Cliff Dance Hall (demolished 1896)
the sheets on the beach are being dried after laundry for the
boarding houses
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Any comments, errors or omissions
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