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Title
Funicular Railway East Cliff Hastings
Artist
Terri Waters
Medium
Photograph
Description
Hastings is a town and borough in the county of East Sussex on the south coast of England famous for it's battle of 1066 when William of Normandy defeated and killed Harold Godwinson, the last Saxon King of England, destroying his army and opening England to the Norman conquest.
A funicular, also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope; the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalance each other.
The East Cliff Funicular Railway in Hastings takes passengers from the old Hastings Town at Rock-a-Nore to the top of the cliffs for access to the Hastings Country park.
It was constructed by Hastings Borough Council at the beginning of the twentieth centuary and was opened on 9th April 1902 and was originally a water balance lift having two cars and two tracks. The towers contained water tanks holding 1200 gallons of water each.
The upper station was built to look like a castle and the lower station a chapel which stands over a 23 feet deep chamber which contains the cross over pulley round which the tail rope passed from one track to the other.
The cutting through which the track runs is in places 120 feet deep whilst the 22 feet wide track has an incline of 1 in 1.28 for 265 feet.
In 1973 work began to update the lift to the current safety standards and the water balance was replaced by electric motor and the cars were replaced.
In 1976 the work was finished and the lift reopened.
Since the closure of both the Broadstairs and Margate lifts the east Hill Lift is the steepest in Britain.
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January 19th, 2013
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Port Angeles, WA - United States
Boy is that steep! It would scare me half to death! Terrific capture!
Higginsville, MO - United States
Fantastic capture! Lovely view of so much; the boat, the funicular station, the railway and car itself, the traps, cliffs, wow! Beautiful. l/f
Glen Campbell, PA - United States
what an excellent photo! the color of the boat, the trap baskets, and in the background that beautiful incline...excellent l/f
Southampton, Ha - United Kingdom
Thank you very much Francis. There is another funicular railway going up and down West Cliff too. You could have fun all day
Helena, Mt - United States
WAY cool! Wish I could see this in person =) Great capture and history! v/f
Schnecksville, PA - United States
Wonderful image, Terri, you really show a sense of the location! v
Vacaville, CA - United States
Very industrious shot, I think I would be a bit nervous on that train. V
Southampton, Ha - United Kingdom
Thank you very much Sharon. I love history and can never know enough
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