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...
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