Construction
Work began on the tower on 22 June 1896, two years after the Eiffel Tower-inspired Blackpool tower was opened in Lancashire. It had a more elaborate octagonal cross-sectional design, surpassing the square plan used at the Blackpool Tower. Like that at Blackpool, however, it was built with a palace-style ballroom beneath its superstructure.
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