"Blackpool Tower opened to the public on 14 May 1894. (grid reference SD 306 360). Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, it rises to 158m (518 ft 9 inches). Two Lancashire architects, James Maxwell and Charles Tuke, designed the Tower and oversaw the laying of its foundation stone, on 29 September 1891 with a time capsule buried beneath it. The total cost for the design and construction of the tower and buildings was about £290,000. Five million bricks, 2,500 tonnes of iron and 93 tonnes of cast steel were used to construct the tower. The cast steel and iron are distributed in such a way that if it did ever collapse it would fall into the sea." Unlike the Eiffel Tower which was built originally of wrought iron, steel was used from the outset. There were copycat towers New Brighton had one and the the base of another was started but not completed on what was the old Wembley football stadium. Sources Wikipedia and personal records KH
This stereoscopic photo carefully frames the Tower through the spokes of the Big Wheel, the Winter Gardens is seen mid-right. Producer Stereoscopes Amuantes no 31 Beauty Series