Oakdale Hospital, Caerphilly, Wales, UK
Oakdale Community Hospital, located in Oakdale, Caerphilly, Wales, provided 20 beds including 2 Macmillan beds for palliative care prior to its closure in 2011. There …
Europe
Verona Caproni Ca.48 (2nd August 1919)
On August 2, 1919, a Caproni Ca.48 airliner crashed at Verona, Italy. All aboard died, with various sources placing the death toll at 14, 15, …
Totland Pier, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, UK
The Totland Bay Pier Provisional Order was advertised in March 1879 to replace the ruinous old wooden structure. The 450 foot pier was completed the …
Walton-on-the-Naze Pier, Essex, UK
This, Walton’s second pier, was owned by the Walton Pier & Hotel Company Ltd. It was originally built to a length of 530 feet in …
Princess Pier, Torquary, UK
Work on the pier commenced in 1890 as a simple mass concrete groyne. A steel lattice girder and timber structure was added in 1894, followed …
Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth, UK
The pier was first proposed in 1856 and work began in September 1857. A.W.Morant was the engineer. The 700 foot structure opened on 13th July …
Royal Pier, Southampton, UK
The pier was opened on July 8th 1833 by the Duchess of Kent and Princess (later Queen) Victoria. It had cost £25,000 and was designed …
Felixstowe Pier, England, UK
The pier was built for the Coast Development Company Ltd., which was formed in 1898 by a merger between Belle Steamers Ltd. and other local …
South Pier, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Built originally as part of the harbour construction works, two 500 foot piers were erected in 1831 for the Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation Company. William …
Prince of Wales Pier, Falmouth, UK
The foundation stone for the pier was laid on 20 July 1903 by HRH Prince of Wales, later King George V, after which the pier …