Blackpool - Lancashire

North Pier

Constructed - between 1862 and 1863

Length - originally 1410 feet, it was extended by landing jetty to 1652 feet by 1867

Engineer in charge - Eugenius Birch

Contractor - Richard Laidlaw and Son of Glasgow.

Notes - The first of Blackpool's three piers

A view of the pier by night (coloured) about 1929