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Blackpool Tower is a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire, ... The Tower Ballroom was built between 1897 and 1898 to the designs of Frank Matcham, ...
Inspired by the Eiffel Tower, which had opened in 1889, Blackpool Tower was built to a design by Maxwell and Tuke and quickly became a popular attraction. [3] Built of open steel girders, the tower measures 518 feet (158 m) from the ground to the top of its flagmast.
Blackpool Tower: Blackpool, Lancashire: 1891–94 The tower is built in open steel girders standing on concrete blocks. At the top are four galleries, the upper three being open, and an ogee-shaped cap. The tower has a square plan, it tapers from a width of 100 feet (30 m) at the bottom to 30 feet (9 m) under the main gallery, and is 518 feet ...
Inspired by the Eiffel Tower Blackpool Tower was the tallest manmade structure in the British Empire when built – 518 feet (158 metres). Dr. Dr. Cocker's Aquarium, Aviary and Menagerie had existed on the site from 1873 and was incorporated into the structure – replaced by the Tower Dungeons in 2011. [ 93 ]
Tower Ballroom and Tower Circus: Blackpool: Built for the Blackpool Tower Company as part of the seaside town's regeneration to attract tourism. The ballroom's interior was Matcham's only design for the Blackpool Tower complex. The rest of the designs were carried out by Maxwell & Tuke.
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Firefighters were called to Blackpool Tower, a historic landmark on the northwest coast of England, only to discover that the reported “blaze” was in fact orange netting blowing in strong winds.
Blackpool Tower: Blackpool, Lancashire: 1894 - 1925 (31 years) 158 m (518 ft) Rugby Radio Station, Large Masts Rugby, Warwickshire: 1925 - 1943 (18 years) 250 m (820 ft) Crimond Royal Naval Wireless Telegraphy Station, Large Mast Crimond, Aberdeenshire: 1943 - 1959 (16 years) 274.3 m (900 ft) Mendlesham Mast: Mendlesham, Suffolk: 1959 - 1961 (2 ...