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Trinity Chain Pier

1821 establishments in ScotlandBuildings and structures demolished in 1898Buildings and structures in EdinburghChain piersFirth of Forth
Piers in ScotlandRestaurants in EdinburghUse British English from August 2015
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Trinity Chain Pier, originally called Trinity Pier of Suspension, was built in Trinity, Edinburgh, Scotland in 1821. The pier was designed by Samuel Brown, a pioneer of chains and suspension bridges. It was intended to serve ferry traffic on the routes between Edinburgh and the smaller ports around the Firth of Forth, and was built during a time of rapid technological advance. It was well used for its original purpose for less than twenty years before traffic was attracted to newly developed nearby ports, and it was mainly used for most of its life for sea bathing. It was destroyed by a storm in 1898; a building at the shore end survives, much reconstructed, as a pub and restaurant called the Old Chain Pier.

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Trinity Chain Pier
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Trinity Crescent 32
EH5 3ED City of Edinburgh, Trinity
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