Rossall Beach and Fylde Postcard History

Rossall Beach Thornton Cleveleys Fleetwood Blackpool Lytham St Annes Poulton Over Wyre

GIGANTIC WHEEL
1896

ERECTED WITHIN SIX MONTHS
OPENED 22 AUG 1896
HEIGHT 220 FT
WEIGHT 440 TONS
FULL LOAD 750 PEOPLE

GIGANTIC WHEEL BLACKPOOL
ERECTED 1896
DISMANTLED BY
WARD BROTHERS
OF ECCLES MANCHESTER
1928
THIS MEDAL WAS STRUCK
FROM METAL COMPRISING
PARTS OF THE WHEEL

THE WHEEL FROM THE TOWER