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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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)