EPW000077 ENGLAND (1920). Cliff Railway, Folkestone, 1920
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Details
| Title | [EPW000077] Cliff Railway, Folkestone, 1920 |
| Reference | EPW000077 |
| Date | February-1920 |
| Link | |
| Place name | FOLKESTONE |
| Parish | FOLKESTONE |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 621789, 135413 |
| Longitude / Latitude | 1.1664762590501, 51.074580011533 |
| National Grid Reference | TR218354 |
Pins
 This was also known as the Metropole lift ( built to serve the Metropole Hotel guests ) |
 Roscoe |
Friday 29th of September 2017 03:10:34 PM |
| West lift ( two of three ) |
Roscoe |
Friday 29th of September 2017 02:59:34 PM |
| Avenue Mansions Hotel, now site of Edinburgh Place |
Paolo |
Saturday 10th of November 2012 03:18:49 PM |
| Tressillian Hotel |
Paolo |
Saturday 10th of November 2012 03:18:03 PM |
| Chalk pit. Chalk taken from here to use as ballast for colliers unloading at the harbour. |
Paolo |
Saturday 10th of November 2012 03:17:19 PM |
| Top of what is now called the Leas Cliff Railway |
Nicholas Reed |
Saturday 20th of October 2012 07:44:08 AM |
I thought this was the old West Lift ( long since gone ) |
Roscoe |
Thursday 25th of October 2012 09:50:37 PM |
| The Manor House, built by Lord Radnor in 19th century |
Nicholas Reed |
Saturday 20th of October 2012 07:43:36 AM |
User Comment Contributions
there were 3 lifts in the length of the lease the present one of to sets [now one] a second the bottom of which was close to the toll house on the lower road, and a less steep one which ran from the Sandgate end of the lease across a bridge and ending beside the main sandgate road. this is the central one |
lofty Ailwood |
Thursday 18th of July 2013 01:18:06 PM |