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Kure Beach Pier is the oldest fishing pier on
the Atlantic Coast. My grandfather L.C. Kure
first built the pier in 1923. His father Hans A.
Kure had bought the property the Town of Kure
Beach presently encompasses around the turn of
the century.
His dream, with his son's help, was to build an
entertainment complex for the citizens of
Wilmington to visit. Although many ideas were
tried, for example, pavilion, bars, bathhouse
and cottages, the pier was the last idea to be
built and the only to remain.
The first pier
was 120 feet long and 22 feet wide. Pine poles
were cut from the forest along the river and
used as pilings.
Very little was known about sea
worms or other marine borers, and as a result,
the first pier was destroyed or fell down the
first year.
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