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Ryde's railway pier. 'On 12 July 1880, a third pier was opened, alongside the first two, providing a direct steam railway link to the pier-head. It was severely damaged on 18 January 1881 when four ships, the Eclipse, Havelock, John Ward and Lucknow, were driven through it, destroying 200 feet (61 m) of the pier. The railway was part of the Portsmouth and Ryde Joint Railway (a company owned jointly by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and London and South Western Railway), as far as Ryde St John's Road, to connect with their ship services to Portsmouth. However, trains were run by the independent Isle of Wight Railway and Isle of Wight Central Railway, who owned the tracks beyond St John's Road and operated services to Ventnor and Cowes via Newport respectively.' Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryde_Pier '
