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Title: The Promenade, Southsea [Go to resource]
Description: Construction of Clarence Esplanade began in 1848 with a public subscription and the treasury donating £300. The War Department gave the land free of charge. Convict labour was used for the construction and the first section between the Kings Rooms and Southsea Castle opened in August. For the construction thousands of tons of mud and shingle were brought from the dockyard where the steam basin was also being built. The esplanade was named after the father of the Lt Governor of the Garrison Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, after he remarked that "an admirable promenade could be made along Southsea beach". Copy print of a photograph donated by Mrs WM Jones. 30/12/1959 Ref: Gates, W. Portsmouth that has passed. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Subjects: promenade
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clarence esplanadeTemporal: start=1900-01-01; end=1910-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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