A few facts... Blackpool Tower was opened on the 14th May 1894. It's design and structure was inspired by that of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. This Grade 1 listed building stands 158m (518ft 9") half that of the Eiffel Tower, and can be seen as far as 30 miles away.The top of the tower is home to Britain's highest royal mail post box. Maintenance access is by 563 steps from roof to the top of the tower. There are 5 miles of cables which feed 10,000 light bulbs which are used to illuminate the tower. 2,500 tonnes of iron, 93 tonnes of cast steel and 5,000,000 bricks were used to construct the lower buildings and tower. The cast steel and iron are distributed in such a way that if it did ever collapse it would fall into the sea.
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