Harbour Arm
Between 1897 and 1899, £50,000 was set aside to create a harbour for Hastings, which would permit smaller sea-going vessels to dock and unload their cargo.
Construction[edit | edit source]
The construction was quite unique for its time, utilising what the press referred to as 'Plastic' concrete that would flow into a man-made reef on the sea bed, which then served as the foundations for the remainder of the poured structure. It was intended that once completed, the concrete would form a single homogenous structure. The foundation stone was laid by the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava in June 1897. Reportedly, the Dover harbour constructed at a similar time, copied the design and construction methodology at Hastings.[1]
In 1898, the harbour arm was completed and had a railway line installed to facilitate unloading of colliers and other shipping vessels.
Unfortunately, it was not to last and there were a number of collapses during 1912 and 1946 preventing its further use as a quay.
- Images
View-from-hill-1890-taken-from-a-glass-lantern-slide.
Unloading-Coal-on-the-Harbour-Arm-in-1898
Pelham-Crescent.-c1899-Taken-from-a-glass-lantern-slide.
Mackerel-fishing-at-the-Harbour-Arm.-19th-September-1904.
The-Stade-showing-the-railway-tracks-that-led-on-to-the-Harbour-Arm.-1904.
1904-8
Pelham-Place-c1905
On-the-rocks-at-the-old-town.-c1905.
The-Beach.-1906.
The-ongoing-fascination-with-Sea-Shells.-1908.
The Stade from the West Hill c1910
View over to the Harbour from the West Hill c1911
Beach-1914
Boards-cover-the-cracks-in-the-cliff
Old Town from West Hill 1929
Carlisle-Parade-1956
Castle-Street-1959-1
- ↑ Hastings & St Leonards Observer 12 June 1897 pg. 6
