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Blackpool
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Blackpool, city (1991 pop. 146,297) and district, Lancashire, NW England, on the Irish Sea. Famed as a traditionally working-class resort (with often inhospitable weather), Blackpool has 7 mi (11.3 km) of beaches and promenades, many sport and amusement facilities, and a tower 520 ft (158 m) high, modeled on the Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower, structure designed by A. G. Eiffel and erected in the Champ-de-Mars for the Paris exposition of 1889. The tower is 984 ft (300 m) high and consists of an iron framework supported on four masonry piers, from which rise four columns uniting to form one
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. Since the 1970s, however, tourism has been hurt by inexpensive travel abroad. Its manufactures include electronics and transportation equipment. A major conference and convention center, Blackpool hosted the Labour party's annual meeting for 70 years before 1998.
Blackpool
1. a town and resort in NW England, in Blackpool unitary authority, Lancashire on the Irish Sea: famous for its tower, 158 m (518 ft.) high, and its illuminations. Pop.: 142 283 (2001)
2. a unitary authority in NW England, in Lancashire. Pop.: 142 400 (2003 est.). Area: 35 sq. km (13 sq. miles)


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The master plan, formally adopted by the Blackpool Borough Council at a public meeting last night, includes a comprehensive strategy for rejuvenating the 200-hectare site and features four resort casinos, a major new entertainment complex, state-of-the-art conference facilities, an aquarium, high-quality shopping, infrastructure improvements and landscaping.
Bottomline Europe Transactional Services was awarded multi-year contracts by Cogent, Invesco, Thames Water and Blackpool Borough Council.
 
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