NEW PIER |
2oo2 Saw the start at long last of West Bay’s major new £14 million sea defence scheme.
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4th May 2002 getting ready to start the new pier |
12th May 2002 Rocks for new groyne on west beach |
13th July 2002 |
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10th August 2002 |
12th October 2002 |
19th October 2002 Removing piles that were damaged by storm |
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10th January 2003 Rock armour is put into place. |
23rd March 2003 Piles for new slipway start to go in |
10th May 2003 The piles for cell number six start to go in |
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7th June 2003 Cell seven is started |
28th June 2003 New pier closes in on old West pier |
11th July 2003 Piles for angling jetty go in. |
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The first piles for angling jetty go in |
18th July 2003 More piles for the angling jetty have been placed |
All the piles for
jetty are in. |
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2nd August 2003 Starting to pile cell nine |
Who said West Bay is too small. I reckon this will bring back a few memories for some of you. |
18th October 2003 Ship tied up alongside the new pier unloading the rocks for the rock armour |
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19th October 2003 How the pier looks from the prom, in the distance you can see the piles for the angling jetty.as you can see without a jetty fishing will be difficult if not impossible. |
14th May 2004 The last section of the new pier goes in And the rocks are piled up to protect the repiled East pier |
28th May 2004, The old West pier starts to be demolished |
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28th May 2004 this picture is a close up of the previous picture showing the original pier before the sheet steel was used to strengthen it. |
11th June 2004 The old West pier being demolished |
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25th June 2004 More of the pier disappears |
11th July 2004 More of the old West Pier is taken away | 17th July 2004 East pier is opened up after being refurbished |
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| 17th July 2004 The black hut waiting to be reassembled | 17th July 2004 View of the old west pier being demolished. | 9th August 2004 More of the old West pier is dug up |
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| 31st October 2004 The Old west pier is no more. The demolition is complete | 31st October 2004 View from east cliff of the new sea defence's | The New West (Jurassic Pier) pier is finally opened on December 17th 2004 |
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| The First fishermen on the new
pier Ian & Hoot |
This Cannon was found in the old West pier as they demolished it. |
8th March 2005 HRH Prince Andrew makes his speech on the official opening of the coastal defence work. He even mentioned the Angling Jetty and hope the funding would be found for it. |
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| 8th March 2005 Unveiling the plaque | 8th March 2005 The pier is officially opened. | 8th March 2005 The plaque. |
