Heritage Tram tours on Blackpool South Shore promenade, Lancashire, UK. Illuminated Western Train 733+734 1962 Red, Green & Yellow Vintage streetcar, trolleybus, trolleybuses in motion, zero emission public transport industry in England.
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3600 x 2400 px | 30.5 x 20.3 cm | 12 x 8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1 September 2014Location:
Blackpool, Lancashire, UKMore information:
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Blackpool Illuminations sees this seaside city of fun still buzzing with excitement and laughter long after other resorts have gone into winter hibernation. At 10 kilometers long and using over one million bulbs the Blackpool Illuminations are an awesome spectacle. 2012 was a special year for Blackpool Illuminations. It marked the centenary of the first public display of light in Blackpool. While the first display of ´electric sunshine´ in Blackpool was in 1879, when 8 arc lights shone on the promenade. It was in May 1912, to mark the opening of a new section of promenade by Princess Louise, 10, 000 lights were festooned along the promenade. The light were such a huge success that the following September Blackpool Chamber of Commerce were persuaded to stage the ´Illuminations´ this was the beginning of Blackpool Illuminations. "Western Train" illuiminated tram is a recent (2009) restoration of a tram of this design from the early 1960's (hence "ABC Television" lettering on it - a TV company of the 1960;'s who would have paid to have their name on this illuminated tram).