Search the archiveCurrently displaying: 2 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:Subject: "Pier Area" xSubject: "Ferries" x Search term Filter by Format Artifact (1)Picture (1)Filter by Decade 1820s (1)1830s (1)1840s (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Framed Picture of the Pier and the Steamship Union c.1840 The pier at Newport around 1840, with the steamship Union. Tayfield House is in the background and Seamills Cottage is the only other building still standing. Also visible is Chapel House on the left, and the Seamills beyond the pier. Newport Pier 1820s A very early view of Newport Pier, dating from the 1820s. Tayfield House, in the background, was considerably extended and enlarged in 1830, so this view pre-dates that. The pier, designed by Thomas Telford, was built in 1823 and this engraving may well be celebrating the new pier. The only other building recognisable today is ...