Sentence examples for pier close from inspiring English sources

The borough has two piers: Bournemouth Pier, close to the town centre, and the shorter but architecturally more important Boscombe Pier.

But businesses on the half of the pier closest to South Street would stay open, he said.

"When it rains, the whole pier closes, so we don't do any business at all," Ms. Heinold said.

The pier closed in 1975, and soon afterwards a "dangerous structures" notice was served on the theatre.

An image captured by local resident, Timmay Curtis, shows the front of the section of the pier closest to the shore twisted and broken with parts having fallen into the sea.

The pier closed in 1975 · The Heritage Lottery Fund awarded £14m towards restoring it in 1998 · The pier was ravaged by storms in 2002 · In February this year Brighton and Hove city council gave permission for it to be restored.

Besides the closing of the Staten Island line, a route that ran to Lower Manhattan in the late 80's and early 90's also shut down when the pier closed for repairs.

The footage showed that within about two hours, the flames had reduced the pavilion — which was mostly wood — to cinders, although the part of the pier closer to the shore remained intact and the underlying metal structure survived.

Even today, in the lee of the white clapboard restaurant at the end of the pier, closed for the gale, a handful of fishermen tweaked and plied their lines.

Before the pier closed in 2014 due to storm damage, the hoist used to lower surfboard-laden craft into the water was sabotaged repeatedly.

A boat ride down Chao Phraya waters can be enjoyed as a short day trip in itself, or you can hop off at piers close to major attractions in Bangkok.