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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Princes Pier is
an 580 metre long historic pier on Port Phillip Bay, in Port Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia. It was originally known as the New Railway Pier
until renamed ''Princes Pier'' after the Prince of Wales (later Edward
VIII) who visited Melbourne in May 1920. The pier was constructed
between 1912 and 1915 by the Melbourne Harbour Trust to supplement the
adjacent Station Pier (originally the ''Railway Pier''). From completion
in 1915 until 1969 it was also a major arrival point for new migrants,
particularly during the post-war period. In addition to a pier, there
was a gatehouse and barriers, terminal building, amenities rooms, goods
lockers, ablution blocks, railway sidings and passenger gangways. From
opening the pier was linked by rail to the Port Melbourne line, via
double lines branching from the Melbourne side of Graham station. Eight
railway tracks ran onto the bridge, four along either face.
