Trinity Chain Pier
The pier | |
| Type | Ferry pier |
|---|---|
| Carries | Passengers |
| Spans | Firth of Forth |
| Locale | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Owner | Trinity Pier Company |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 700 feet (210 m) |
| Width | 4 feet (1.2 m) |
| History | |
| Designer | Samuel Brown |
| Opening date | 14 August 1821 |
| Closure date | 18 October 1898 |
| Coordinates | 55°58′49″N 3°12′16″W / 55.980192°N 3.204438°W |
Map of the Firth of Forth showing (in red) some of the destinations served from the pier in its heyday | |
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.