Gravesend town pier

Gravesham, Kent, United Kingdom · pier

Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Resized and cropped.

The Gravesend Town Pier is located in Gravesend, Kent. It was designed by William Tierney Clark and built in 1834 on the site of the earlier Town Quay. Over 3 million passengers were served between 1835 and 1842, but around 1900, this pier fell into disuse due to the arrival of the railways.

Text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), shortened.

Type
pier
Length
39 m
Built
1834
Coordinates
51.4454, 0.3697

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