Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire

Photograph taken 1894 - 1910 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: OP00470

A busy street view looking north along Blackpool promenade towards Blackpool Tower. The tower was built in 1891-4 by Maxwell and Tuke. A few sailing boats can be seen taking holidaymakers on rides from the shore.

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Lancashire Blackpool

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

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Blackpool Tower was inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris and opened on the 14th May, 1894.

Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire

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