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Description: | Roker South Pier was begun in 1885 over a natural outcrop of rock. Huge blocks of up to 56 tonnes were put in place by a 290-tonne hydraulic crane. The pier was completed in 1903 with a lighthouse at the end, and measured approximately 860 metres (2,800 feet). Moveable bathing huts on the beach show how Roker was developing as Sunderland's seaside resort. Part of Roker Terrace in the background was designed about 1840 by local architect John Dobson for the Abbs family. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | work artists living in the North East watercolours transport art North East artists Sunderland leisure men | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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