Know Our Names: Sir Samuel Brown
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Brown, known as Captain Brown, was a specialist marine engineer who with the help of Thomas Telford built Brighton's Chain Pier, the first pleasure pier in Britain. The pier survived several storms until it's final destruction in 1896.