94 SCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF BLACKPOOL AND DISTRICT 



A boulevard, 60 feet wide, called Park Drive, encircling Stanley Park, 

 has also been constructed, and as this has direct access to Preston New Road 

 by means of South Park Drive, traffic wishing to proceed to the northerly end 

 of the borough can by-pass the town by proceeding along West Park Drive, 

 Collingwood Avenue, Plymouth Road, Bispham Road, thence along Devon- 

 shire Road to Cleveleys. 



In concluding, I desire to express my appreciation of the valuable assistance 

 rendered by Mr. Arthur S. Wright, formerly Chief Clerk in my department, 

 and members of the Corporation staffs concerned. 



XVI. 



BLACKPOOL COAST DEFENCE WORKS 



BY 



H. BANKS, M.Inst.M. & C.E. 



During the past 40 years the Blackpool Corporation has expended over 

 £1,156,000 on the various sections of sea-defence works and promenades. 

 The author will give a brief account of the sea-coast defence works carried out 

 at Blackpool during the above period. 



The County Borough of Blackpool is situated at the westward or seaward 

 extremity of that part of West Lancashire known as the Fylde. The total 

 length of the foreshore or sea-front is seven miles, and runs almost due North 

 and South, now all protected by sea-defence works. 



The range of an ordinary spring tide is approximately 27 feet. The flow of 

 the tide is from South to North, and the ebb from North to South- West. 

 The flood tide is stronger than the ebb. 



Works from 1895 to 1936. 



Fig. No. I is a key plan showing the whole sea-front of Blackpool. 



The writer's first experience of sea-defence works dates back to 1895, when 

 the Corporation promoted and obtained an Act of Parliament to construct the 

 North Shore works, extending from Carlton Terrace to the Gynn, a length of 

 1,267 yards. 



The erosion on this part of the sea-front had been constant and serious, 

 valuable property being jeopardised by the inroads of the sea. 



The scheme, which was designed by the late Mr. J. Wolstenholme, 

 A.M.I.C.E., then Borough Surveyor, was carried out by contract. Work 

 was commenced in 1895, and the scheme completed in 1899 at a cost of 

 £150,000. 



