The Portobello Pier Act, 1869
WHEREAS the making and maintaining a pier, and works connected therewith, at Portobello, for the recreation of the inhabitants and visitors of that town, and for the embarking and landing of passengers, would be attended with public advantage, and the persons herein-after named, with others, are willing, at their own expense, to construct the said pier:
And whereas plans and sections showing the lines and level of the pier, and the lands which may be taken for the purposes thereof, together w...