Saltburn cliff lift, water balance lift at Saltburn,Saltburn tramway at the top
Saltburn tramway at the top The Saltburn Cliff Lift is a funicular railway located in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is the oldest operating water-balance cliff lift in the United Kingdom. The Stockton and Darlington Railway arrived in Saltburn from Redcar on 17 August 1861, prompting a growth in day and holiday travellers. Like many seaside resorts, this created a local business initiative, resulting in various pieces of construction, including the Saltburn Pier completed in 1869. Access to the pier from the town via the steep cliff top was difficult, so a solution was sought. The Saltburn Pier company contracted John Anderson to engineer a solution, which was the wooden Cliff Hoist. Allowing up to 20 people to be placed in a wooden cage and then lowered by rope to beach level, it opened on 1 July 1870, some 14 months after the opening of the pier. Approached from the town by a narrow walkway, the passengers then descended 120 feet (37 m), after water had been added to or taken away from a counterbalance tank.
Size: 3665px × 2592px
Location: Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland
Photo credit: © Louisa E Taylor / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: balance, ceremonial, cleveland, cliff, cliffs, county, england, funicular, hut, kingdom., lift, located, north, oldest, operating, pay, railway, redcar, resort, saltburn, saltburn---sea, seaside, tramway, united, water, water-balance, yorkshire
