The Chain Pier was destroyed by a storm in December 1896. Only at very low tides are you able to see any of it’s remains.
You can see a shaded area in the sea (which is visble on Google earth). I believe this to be the second column of wooden struts to the pier. We could see the tops of the struts visible in the water.
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This appears more frequently than most people imagine. A few years ago there was a much larger exposure and I went down there to take some pictures, as there was a professional photographer on site I had him take a picture of me standing on the Chain Pier pilings! You can clearly see the year rings in the timber cross sections which are[I am told] English oak.
I’m not sure why a question mark was added to my original headings as it clearly is the Chain Pier. Geoffrey, I have seen some amazing photos with a lot more detail than what I have photographed here. I wondered if the tide is ever low enough to see the second pilings as I could only see the tips of them? It was just fantastic to see such an amazing bit of Brighton history!
I went down to the beach this evening to see if I could see the remains, but sadly they now seem to be covered by the sand.
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