British Seaside Piers

Informationen zum Autor Media Relations Officer! National Piers Society Chair! National Piers Society Klappentext The only guide available to all extant British piers, including a gazetteer covering all 58 of them. It's a celebration of their aesthetics and engineering, and contains approx 200 illustrations. It is published to mark the bicentenary of the first public pier to be opened in Ryde, IOW. Zusammenfassung This is the only guide to all 58 extant British seaside piers! including details of location! history and current operations! archive and contemporary photography and a gazetteer. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The origins of the seaside pier 2. A history of piers 3. Development and future of the seaside pier 4. Railways and seaside piers 5. Pier architecture 6. The role of the National Piers Society Gazetteer (A-Z of piers) Further reading Index

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• Autori: Tim Phillips, Tim & Wills (Anthony) Phillips, Anthony Wills, Anthony Phillips Wills
• Editore: English Heritage Publications
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.07.2014
• EAN: 9781848022645
• ISBN: 978-1-84802-264-5
• Pagine: 304
• Serie: English Heritage
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura