We’ve rounded up some of the most iconic ones from their very earliest days, most are still standing but some are lost and forgotten...
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19. Blackpool's earliest buildings and structures
Raikes Hall Gardens, in 1899. It was called the Royal Palace Gardens - original home of Blackpool Football Club | National World
20. Blackpool's earliest buildings and structures
Blackpool Victoria Hospital's original hospital building on Whitegate Drive in 1894 | National World
21. Blackpool's earliest buildings and structures
The Big Dipper in its opening year | National World
22. Blackpool's earliest buildings and structures
An aerial view of North Pier from the 1940's. The pier was originally 1,410ft in length. The decision to build a jetty outraged most of the original pier board - they thought pleasure boats would attract rough trade to the genteel pier and even chiselled the name of the man who suggested it off the foundations in protest | National World
23. Blackpool's earliest buildings and structures
Central Methodist Church and the Queen's Theatre in Bank Hey Street when the theatre had become a bingo hall. Both buildings have been demolished | National World