Canvey Island: Las Vegas Casino
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Canvey Island: Las Vegas Casino
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 8 Mar 2011
The Ordnance Survey showed this building as a "Casino" in their map of 1962, so it has probably been in use as such for about 50 years. An earlier edition from 1939 shows that there was a "Boating Pool" at the foot of the sea defence wall where the car park is now.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.512817
Longitude
0.597686