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PRINCE’S PIER

MELBOURNE

IMAGE NUMBER 943

Prince’s Pier is a 580 metre long historic pier on Port Phillip, in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was known as the New Railway Pier until renamed Prince's Pier after the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) who visited Melbourne in May 1920. The pier was constructed between 1912 and 1915. From completion 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. With the containerisation boom the pier became unused, being closed to public access in the early 1990s due to the poor timber condition. After a refurbishment in April 2006, the first 196 metres of the Pier were restored. Beyond that point the decking was removed and the original pylons preserved. The image looks across the sea of wooden pylons.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 100. Exposure of 1/50th of a second and an aperture of f22. Schneider Kreuznach 150mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.