Penzance 1845
It was on account of having been opened by Prince Albert it was then renamed The Albert Pier.
Having spent two hours in Penzance in The Royal Geological Museum and returning via the Esplanade, the party were taken by launch to the pier end, where a ceremony took place. This engraving in The Illustrated London News shows the answer that has bothered me for some time. It was the seaward end that was completed first. Coulson's Granary shows up well. On very the end of the new pier was constructed a timber dais, with a railing surround, projecting steps led up from the floating landing stage. A large White Ensign was flown from the top of St Mary's steeple.
