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The Struggle to build Southend's First Wooden Pier was from
the very outset mired in argument. Powerful landowners had different views as
to where the pier should be built and who should pay for it. Some who
considered themselves be part of the 'fashionable' society and held property in
Southend simply opposed the pier. Fishermen and oystermen were also alarmed
that their livelihoods would be irreparably damaged. On and off for 10 years
there were multiple legal disputes accompanied by vandalism and violence. So
step back in time and enjoy the remarkable story. Based on a wealth of material
taken from contemporary newspaper and court reports together with extracts of
the minutes of key meetings and years research by the author The Struggle for
to build Southend's First Wooden Pier comes to life.
Contents
7 List of Illustrations
9 Acknowledgements
12 Inflation
13 Introduction
17 The Case for Building the Pier.
23 The Pier Consortium and Pier Company
30 Consultation - The Meeting at the Royal Hotel March 30th 1829
36 Delicate
Negotiations
37 The First Pier Act
40 Celebration
42 Laying the Foundation Stone
43 The Construction of the First Wooden
Pier
45 Progress
49 The
Octagon
52 The Mount
53 The Second
Pier Act
55 Problems
57 Outright Opposition
61 Tolls
66 Terado
Navalis
69 General Strutt's doubts
71 General
Strutt resigns
75 Into Deep Water
77 End of an Era
78 Southend Pier Completed
79 Pier Company Bankrupt
80 Pier Taken into Public Ownership
Appendix
83 1. The
Southend Pier Company,
the
Shareholders
84 2. A Petition of James Wilson
Vandervord
87 3. Barges owned and Sailed by the
Vandervords
98 4. The Pier Extension Specifications
104 5. Court Case extracts Southend Pier
Company against Messrs. Vandervord, barge owners. 17th August 1838
117 6. Southend Pier Sale 1874 and 1875
extracts and letters
128 7. 1875
Parliamentary Enabling Bill application
133 Bibliography
134 Online Resources
135 Index
137 About the Author
138 Essex Hundred Publications
