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Blackpool Tower is a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire in England which was opened to the public on 14 May 1894 and is now is a Grade 1 listed building. Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, it rises to 158m (518 ft 9 inches). The Tower is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers. The Tower can be seen from most places within a 30-mile radius including Barrow-in-Furness, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Chorley and Southport
Website: http://www.theblackpooltower.co.uk/
The Grand was designed by Victorian theatre architect
Frank Matcham and was opened in 1894 after a construction period of
seven months, at a cost of £20,000 between December 1893 and July
1894. The project was conceived and financed by local theatre
manager Thomas Sergenson who had been using the site of the Grand
for several years to stage a circus. He had theatres. Matcham's
brief was to build Sergenson the "prettiest theatre in the land".
The Grand was Matcham's first theatre to use an innovative
'cantilever' design to support the tiers, thereby reducing the need
for the usual pillars and so allowing clear views of the stage from
all parts of the auditorium.
Sergenson's successful directorship of the theatre ended in 1909 when he sold the operation to the Blackpool Tower Company for a considerable profit
Website: http://www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk/
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