The Stone Jetty, Morecambe, is all that remains of the former harbour, built around 1853. With the opening of the Port of Heysham in 1904 maritime trade at Morecambe declined rapidly and the harbour ended its days as a ships' breaking yard, the most famous occupant being the White Star liner, the S S Majestic, broken up in 1914. The Stone Jetty was pivotal to the coastal defence work and during 1994/5 it was rebuilt and extended. |