New Brighton Tower: notes, sketches & photos taken during construction, 1896-1897.

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New Brighton Tower: notes, sketches & photos taken during construction, 1896-1897.

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The notebook contains photographs, notes, drawings and blueprints for the construction of the New Brighton Tower. Also included are several newspaper clippings about workers who fell to their deaths during the construction in 1897. In his notes, Weller talks about these deaths and some of the photographs show the scenes of the accidents.

1 volume, 24 cm., 120 pages.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 7773182

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The New Brighton Tower, built in New Brighton, Wirral, England, was patterned on the Eiffel Tower. Construction began in June 1896. The steelwork was done by Andrew Handyside and Company with whom C. L. Weller worked. Several workmen fell to their deaths during construction. The tower deterioated over time, partly due to World War I and II, and was destroyed by a fire in 1969. From the description of New Brighton Tower: notes, sketches & photos taken during construction, 1896-189...

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