Ferry pier Trinity Chain Pier
old chain pier, newhaven , watercolour painting alexander nasmyth poor weather delayed driving of piles, took march july 1821. pier decorated flags opening ceremony on 14 august. steamboats fired salutes alongside pier. 3 hundred people walked trinity hotel pier, , boarded steamboat brief excursion, while band played second vessel. opening attended lord provost of edinburgh, local magistrates, crichton, ramsay, scott, stevenson, , other proprietors of company. admiral robert otway (commander-in-chief of naval forces @ leith), general duff, sir george mackenzie, george baird (the principal of edinburgh university), robert jameson, john leslie, william wallace, , brown designer present. when returned took refreshment in tent @ head of pier. the pier served ferry traffic between edinburgh , ports on firth of forth , beyond, , usable @ states of tide. leith , newhaven having problems sandbars leading vessels being trapped , damaged @ low water, chain pier had 6 feet 8 inches (2.0...