The Conception Construction and Opening of the Tower at Blackpool 1890-1894

<p>In the three and a half years from its conception in late 1890 to its opening on Whit Monday 1894 the Blackpool Tower has in its preparation and construction a story of triumph over conflict of financial successes and failures of the stern arguments of Temperance in condemnation of alcohol in its protracted application for a drinks licence a conflict of aesthetic values in the perceived ugliness of its ironwork scepticism of its strength to withstand a south westerly gale a criticism of its representation of capitalism in the emerging socialism and the men who built it could fight get drunk and injured incidents which included the tragic recording of two fatal accidents.</p>