A view south over North Beach Gardens, as seen from the top of Warwick's Revolving Tower on Great Yarmouth seafront. Britannia Pier is just beyond the nearest section of the gardens, and Marine Parade stretches out to the right of frame.

Date:
Sep 1904
Location:
North Beach Gardens, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Reference:
CC76/00472
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The revolving viewing tower at Great Yarmouth was one of five designed by enginer Thomas Warwick for the UK, and was erected in April 1897. A steam engine powered a lifting, revolving viewing iron viewing platform which rose to 150 feet from the ground, affording customers panoramic views of the surrounding area. The tower was dismantled in 1939 for use as scrap metal for the Second World War war effort.

Content

This is part of the Series: LMS01/01 London Midland And Scottish Railway Negatives - Architectural Subjects; within the Collection: LMS01 London Midland And Scottish Railway Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Pleasure Garden, Victorian Promenade, Coastal