Thesaurus Term/Concept: CLIFF RAILWAY

Identifier	70243
Class	MONUMENT TYPE
Status	Preferred
Index?	Yes
Scope Note	A railway, usually by the sea, linking the beach with the cliff top. Various mechanisms were used the most common being that the cars were attached to a cable and winding drum and were balanced so that one travelled up, as the other came down.

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Instances/Examples (8)

Context	Record
Monument Type	MKE5664 Cliff Railway (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE17277 Funicular Railway to the Eastern Docks, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE5665 Metropole hotel cliff railway (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE5666 Sandgate hill cliff railway (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE91034 Sandgate Hill Lift (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE91036 Sandgate Hill Lift, Lower Terminal (Building)
Monument Type	MKE91035 Sandgate Hill Lift, Upper Terminal (Building)
Monument Type	MKE32262 THE LEAS LIFT, INCLUDING WAITING ROOMS, BRAKE HOUSES AND RAILINGS (Listed Building)