Hastings Pier Today*
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Hastings Pier Today* |
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More pictures? - Hastings Pier from old postcards or www.1066.net/hastings-pier or 'The end of the pier?' - after the fire
* Photographed 29th July 2010. A quick look at the state of the underside of Hastings Pier gives an indication of the monumental task facing the Hastings Pier & White Rock Trust. We wish them well. |
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 Looking for all the world like a hangman's noose, a tie-bar dangles uselessly. In the background cross-bracing broken away. |
 The cladding is an attempt to abate shingle erosion of Hastings pier's support columns |
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 Cross-member falling off and note the hole right through the support member. |
 Note the sagging crossmembers - they are supposed to add rigidity to Hastings Pier's legs |
 Not as bad as it looks - the angled legs are actually parts of the original 'A' frame design incorporated in most Eugenius Birch piers. |
 Festooned with discarded fishing nets and marine flotsam and jetsam the structure hosts its own art exhibition. |
 Rotting girder work and missing decking on Hastings Pier |
 Collapsed supports and failed bracing, Hastings Pier is just one good storm away from collapse |
 More rotting girder-work just below Hastings Pier's deck level |
More pictures? - Hastings Pier from old postcards or www.1066.net/hastings-pier or after the fire
www.1066.net - Hastings' favourite web site is sponsored by XL(2000)Ltd
Photos copyright (c) Ion Castro 2010
