West Pier
The West pier was constructed during a boom in pleasure pier building in the 1860s, and was designed to attract tourism in Brighton. The pier reached its peak attendance with 2 million visitors between 1918 and 1919. Its popularity began to decline after World War II, and concerts were replaced by a funfair and tearoom. A local company took ownership in 1965, but could not meet the increased maintenance cost, and ultimately filed for bankruptcy. They could not find a suitable buyer, so the pier closed in 1975 and subsequently fell into disrepair. (Brighton, England)
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