Sunken Pier

Three views of the Sunken Pier in Puerto, Sto. Domingo, Ilocos Sur

Built by the Americans before WW II, it was one of the biggest piers in Asia.  

However, it was heavily damaged by the elements of nature and was never put to use.  What remain today are the remnants of its massive walls and a detached bulk of its terminal.

Abe V Rotor

No, it was not the big gun

that brought you down;

it was old Lamarckian

who brought in the clown.

When not in use, a thing 

degenerates into nothing; 

once a rudiment, 

it is a useless instrument.

The limb of a reptile,

the coccyx of the tail,

Intramuros or Great Wall

are no use at all.

Idleness and uselessness

are a duo in the art of waste;

great indeed is loss in disuse, 

the grey matter's no excuse. ~