The best known of Atlantic City's ocean piers, Steel Pier opened on the Boardwalk in 1898. Full of attractions, the pier once required formal evening dress and offered 16 hours of continuous entertainment for one bargain admission price. Although some of the country's biggest bands, TV stars and vaudeville acts appeared at the pier, for 40 years one of the biggest draws was the High Diving Horse, a noble steed whose party trick was to dive into the ocean. Today, the pier is still a gigantic amusement park, with 25 different rides dropping, spinning or sliding bodies this way and that.