New Brighton, Tower And Sands 1900
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An Eiffel Tower at New Brighton was part of the original dream of James Atherton as he planned his new holiday resort. It was started in 1896 and opened in 1898. At 631ft high, it was the tallest structure in Britain at the time. Once again, money was short, and maintenance was haphazard. The profits from the popular tower and its athletic track in the grounds was used to prop up other parts of the scheme. During the Great War (1914-18) the tower was allowed to rust and rot, and in 1918 it was declared unsafe. No money could be found to repair the tower, and the local council could not take it on, or did not want to, so in 1919 work started on dismantling it. By Easter 1921 it was gone. The building below the tower lasted until a fire in April 1969.
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