Figure 1 Southend pier in about 1905.
Figure 1 shows Southend pier in about 1905. Look at the thickness of the ice — a demonstration, if you needed it, that the density of ice is less than that of water.
During the 1860s and 1870s roughly two pleasure-piers were being built per year in the UK. This was in response to people having more disposable income, paid holidays and bank holidays on which to enjoy themselves, and a growing railway network that could get them to the coast for a day out.
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