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How long are the piers at Newlyn? |
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Thursday, 17 August 2006 |
Q. I wonder if you could give me some information on the piers at Newlyn; I understand that there are 2 piers, built about one hundred years ago.
Specifically, i would like to find out how long the piers are.
A. With reference to your enquiry about Newlyn piers. Newlyn originally had a small pier less than 300 ft in length and roughly a half moon shape, it offered little protection to a large fishing fleet. In the late 19th century, after several applications, permission was given to build a large artificial harbour, this comprised of a relatively short South Pier and at right angles to it a very long North Pier, leaving an entrance between them facing north-east. The foundation stone for the South Pier was laid on June 29th 1885 and the pier, 700ft long, was ready for use by the end of 1886. The North Pier was started in 1886 and eventually reached 1,760ft by 1888, it was further extended to its present length by 1894. I am not sure what this is but could find out for you if that is important. It was subsequently widened. In more recent years it became more evident that there was a need for more deep water berths and at this point the Mary Williams Pier was constructed, this work was completed in 1988.
I have included a plan of the harbour in my booklet 'Newlyn - A Brief History' and I can scan this to you if you wish. A book I can recommend which has a good descriotion of the harbour is 'Fishermen's Conflict - The Story of Newlyn' by John Corin. This is out of print but you could order it from a library.
Additional information on the length of the North Pier, it was lengthened by a further 890ft in 1894, this section was subsequently widened from the original 9ft in width to its present width in the late 1920s.
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