History Hunters home Blackpool home Raikes Hall team the rise and rise of the working class holiday team the movers and shakers team [Blackpool history] Blackpool Tower Blackpool Pleasure Beach [the Great Wheel] the Foreshore by-law landladies and boarding house maps evidence and finds glossary Blackpool resources	the Great Wheel The Great Wheel, which opened 22 August 1896, stood 220 ft high. It was later called 'The Jolly Wheel'. In February 1928, the Tower Company took over the Winter Gardens and demolished the Wheel. The carriages were auctioned off and one survives in Out Rawcliffe An interior view of the recycled gondola