. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . ality. The direct route to Crewe carries the travellerthrough a dull but important salt mining district. It is estimated that thetotal quantity of salt sent from hence is more than 1,500,000 tons a is an inland port with a population of some 13,000 souls. 158 ^^^. BLACKPOOL. The pretty watering place of Blackpool stands on a range of cliffs front-ing the Irish Sea, and on a favourable day the promontory of Furncss, theCumberland Hills, and the mountains of North Wales
. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . ality. The direct route to Crewe carries the travellerthrough a dull but important salt mining district. It is estimated that thetotal quantity of salt sent from hence is more than 1,500,000 tons a is an inland port with a population of some 13,000 souls. 158 ^^^. BLACKPOOL. The pretty watering place of Blackpool stands on a range of cliffs front-ing the Irish Sea, and on a favourable day the promontory of Furncss, theCumberland Hills, and the mountains of North Wales are distinctly the Isle of Man may be seen. The situation of Blackpoolconfers some advantages over other watering places on the Lancashirecoast. Its elevation above the sea at low water is considerable, and thetide does not recede more than half a mile. In very high tides, especiallyif accompanied with wind, the spray is thrown against the buildings on theparade, and solid walls of masonry have had to be erected to preventdangerous inroads by the water. Where these precautions have not been. BLACKPOOL. adopted, especially to the north of the town, the high clay cliffs have beenseriously encroached upon. Tradition states that a large stone calledPenny Stone, that stands upon the sands more than half a mile from theshore, marks a spot formerly occupied by a public-house. The healthybracing air and the fine hard sands attract great numbers of visitors toBlackpool. A new pier and promenade were opened in 1S73; and sincethen another pier has been erected, a carriage drive about three miles inlength has been completed, and other improvements have been made. Thename of the town is derived from a peaty-coloured pool near a farm-house called Fox Hall, once the residence of the Tyldesleys. The wholeof the adjacent country is within the district called Fylde, and is one ofthe richest parts of the county of Lancaster. The population of the town in1835 was about 800 ; in
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