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NAME
The North Pier
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
ADDRESS
North Pier Promenade, Blackpool FY1 1NE, United Kingdom
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About The North Pier
The North Pier is located in Blackpool was designed by famous designer Eugenius Birch in 1860. It is of total 500 m in length. It is the oldest, longest and the most beautiful one. It has a big deck, theater and a carousel at the end of the pier and also a sun lounge. Even after the destruction from fire and storms, this pier is in use.
Some Lesser Known Facts About The North Pier
- The bulk of the pier is built of cast iron with a wooden deck. The cast iron piles are drilled into sand up till it reached the bedrock. The pier consists of an esplanade which is around 468 yards long and 9 yards wide extending to 18 yards. The esplanade deck is made of wooden benches with cast iron backs on it.
- North Pier has many attractions for tourists like Gypsy palm reader, ice cream parlor, the North Pier Theater, Vistorian tearoom and the carousel and Merrie England bars. Inside the Carousel bar it has a Victorian wrought iron canopy and also has the largest beer garden as sun-lounge. The North Pier is mainly famous for its catering, band concerts and orchestra.
- The Southern part of the North Pier was hit by the storm in 1892. It destroyed four shops and broke a part of the deck.
The columns were also affected and the front part of the pier was damaged by collision of ship's bowsprit.
- The North pier was inaugurated on 21 May 1863, the shops and the esplanade were decorated with flags for the ceremony.
- When the North Pier was built it had a population of around 4,000 and around 200,000 visitors used to visit and stay during the summer months
- The Southern part of the North Pier was hit by the storm in 1892. It destroyed four shops and broke a part of the deck.
The columns were also affected and the front part of the pier was damaged by collision of ship's bowsprit.
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