Blackpool, Lancashire, Royaume-Uni. 1er septembre 2014. 'Rocket' au tramway Illuminations Illuminations affiche le trafic et sentiers à Blackpool Lights 2014. Credit : Mar Photographics/Alamy Live News
3600 x 2400 px | 30,5 x 20,3 cm | 12 x 8 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
1 septembre 2014
Lieu:
Blackpool, Lancashire, UK
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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" illuminated 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).
