Title

Blackpool Tower and the front, Blackpool, Lancashire, 1894-1910

Caption

Blackpool Tower and the front, Blackpool, Lancashire, 1894-1910. A view looking north-east from the Central Pier towards Blackpool Tower with crowds of holidaymakers on the promenade. The tower was built in 1891-1894 by Maxwell and Tuke and was modelled on the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Date

1894

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19A81_176

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,1Mb (1,3Mb) / 17,4in x 12,1in / 5224 x 3620 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel leisure sea water holiday holidays England season landmark summer beach resort tower seaside geography ferris wheel century blackpool lancashire blackpool tower B&W seafront MONOCHROME big wheel 19th century black & white black and white B W 1900s 20th century nineteenth century English Heritage geographical feature TGN photograph landscape Unknown Maxwell and Tuke Maxwell & Tuke Maxwell and Tuke photograph landscape