Royal Terrace Pier
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File:Royal Terrace Pier and London River House, Gravesend.JPG
Royal Terrace Pier is owned and managed by the Port of London Authority (PLA) and is located adjacent to their headquarters at London River House in Gravesend.{{cite web| url=http://www.pla.co.uk/pdfs/pp/ShortguideAlt2.pdf| format=pdf| title=Short Guide to the PLA| publisher=Port of London Authority| access-date=31 March 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004200013/http://www.pla.co.uk/pdfs/pp/ShortguideAlt2.pdf| archive-date=4 October 2011| df=dmy-all}}
History
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| short_title = {{visible anchor|Gravesend Royal Terrace Garden Pier Act 1842}}
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| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title = An Act for erecting a Pier at the Royal Terrace Gardens in the Town of Gravesend in the County of Kent.
| year = 1842
| citation = 5 & 6 Vict. c. lix
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| royal_assent = 18 June 1842
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The Grade II listed pier was built in 1844 by the Gravesend Freehold Investment Company. Designed by architect John Baldry Redman the building cost was £9,200. On 7 March 1863 Princess Alexandra disembarked here when she arrived to marry the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII).{{Cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1341489|title=THE ROYAL TERRACE PIER, INCLUDING THE PAVILIONS FLANKING THE ENTRANCE, Gravesham - 1341489 {{!}} Historic England|last=England|first=Historic|website=historicengland.org.uk|access-date=2018-09-26}}
File:The Landing of HRH The Princess Alexandra at Gravesend, 7th March 1863 by Henry Nelson O'Neil.jpg by Henry Nelson O'Neil]]
The Gravesend Lifeboat Station moved to the pontoon at the end of the Royal Terrace Pier in June 2007.{{cite web|title=History, Gravesend Lifeboat Station |url=http://gravesendrnli.org/history.php| work=History|publisher= Gravesend RNLI|access-date=1 February 2021 }}
The Royal Terrace Pier Estate Company Limited was incorporated 29 June 1893 and dissolved 5 December 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00039148|title=ROYAL TERRACE PIER ESTATE COMPANY,LIMITED (THE) - Overview (free company information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-09-26}}
References
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