Old Swanage Pier

At the Southern end of Swanage Bay in Dorset, lie two Piers. One very active and the old original Pier now just a sparse collection of vertical piles.

 

Originally built during 1859/1860 Swanage Pier was constructed by London based James Walton and officially opened for use by John Mowlem. London bound Purbeck Stone shipments where the original reason the pier was built where horses would pull tram carts up the tramway(narrow gauge) that ran the lenth of the Pier and along the seafront, linking the local quarries to this vital transportation hub.

 

In 1874 local entrepreneur, George Burt began a steamer routee between Swanage, Poole and Bournemouth, but with the Pier being used by the general public as well as it’s originally designated trade cargos, it was soon no longer became fit for purpose and therefore an additional longer pier was proposed.

 

A second Pier was built during 1894/1896 and was officially opened on the 29th March 1897.

 

What you see above is all that remain of the original pier.

 

On Camera stuff:

- Lee Big Stopper

- Lee 0.9 ND hard grad

 

Post Processing:

- Levels and Curves adjustments in CS4

- Un-sharp mask in CS4

 

This is best viewed in Lightroom on Black --- Press "L"

 

Canon 5D Mk II with EF 70-200mm F2.8 L lens @75mm, ISO 100, 25 secs at f/14, Lee Big Stopper + Lee 0.9 hard ND grad.

 

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