Egremont, Landing Stage 1890
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This stage was built to replace an original from 1835; it lasted until 1909, when it was replaced. When a tanker hit the pier in May 1932, it took a year to repair it. There was no hurry, because the Seacombe pier could be used - the passengers would go the last mile by bus. In 1940, during war-time blackouts, the pier was hit again, very badly, by a ship ready to form a convoy to cross the North Atlantic. This time the pier was abandoned, and before the war was over it had disappeared completely.
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