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Title: Esplanade and Pier, Southampton [Go to resource]
Description: A postcard posted on 4 February from a passenger awaiting embarkation to Cape Town. The Western Esplanade had only recently been laid out. Between 1898 and 1900, a roadway had been laid out making a direct connection for the first time between Town Quay and the Western Shore. This had necessitated pulling down Westgate House (Madame Maes House) which had bestrode the town walls. The Royal Pier had opened in 1892. It was the largest pier in southern England, with accommodation for ten steamers. The pavilion at the pierhead seated 1000 people. The postcard was issued by Joseph Welch and Sons of Mile End, Portsmouth. Our postcard is postmarked 4 February 1905. 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: saluting battery
Royal Pier
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Western EsplanadeTemporal: start=1900-01-01; end=1905-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: Joseph Welch and Sons Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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