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In 1890 Sir George Newnes, MP, publisher and builder of the Lynton funicular railway, offered to build a cliff railway to connect Babbacombe Downs to Oddicombe Beach but died before the project could be realised.
Thirty years later George Croydon Marks, an English engineer, patent agent and Liberal, noted by many as a disciple of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, began consultation with The Torquay Corporation and in 1923 the Torquay Tramways Company announced that it was to install a lift from Babbacombe Downs to Oddicombe Beach. Work started in December 1924 and the Babbacombe Cliff Railway was completed in 1926 at a cost of £15,648.
On April 1st 1926 the then Mayor of Torquay, Alderman John Taylor, made the first trip. His ticket, number A000, was framed in silver by Mr H Thomas, the lessee of Oddicombe Beach and presented to the Mayor.
The Torquay Tramway Company company worked the line until the 13th March 1935 when it was taken over by Torquay Corporation for the sum of £18,000. Early returns showed that 192,000 people used the lift that year.
In 1941, the line was closed and the beach sealed off due to wartime restrictions The line did not reopen until 29th June 1951 after refurbishment by J & E Hall of Dartford, at a cost of some £10,000.
In 1993 the railway was closed for track replacement, re-opening in 1995.
The cars and track were replaced in the winter of 2005/6 and the control gear and doors in 2006/7. Passengers now travel in new carriages painted in the original maroon and cream colours with Torbay’s coat of arms on either side of the centre panels.
In July 2009, the ownership of the line was transferred from Torbay Council, which had inherited Torquay Borough Council as a result of local government organisation, to a specially created community interest company. In 2019 the CIC was converted to a Charitable Incorporated Company which now runs the railway.
Taken from the Connaught Gardens at Sidmouth, these cliffs are amongst the oldest rocks on the south coast of England.
The island has some protection from the storms with a lower level buttress and higher level rock facing. The old lifeboat station at the northern tip of Hilbre Island is gradually falling down.
Handwritten description back: Denpasser Boeket.
Pura Luhur Uluwatu "is one of Bali's nine key directional temples. Though a small temple was claimed to have existed beforehand, the structure was significantly expanded by a Javanese sage, Empu Kuturan in the 11th Century. [...] Even more remarkable than the temple itself is its location, perched on a steep cliff 70 metres above the roaring Indian ocean waves. There are more steep headlands on either side and sunsets over Uluwatu are a sight to behold." [Wikitravel (2012). Bukit Peninsula.]
The Manitou Cliff Dwellings in Manitou Springs, Colorado at the base of Pike's Peak are a small but interesting example of early Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings.
They are small in size especially when compared to Mesa Verde but interesting nonetheless. This picture shows just about the entire site (except for the de rigueur gift shop and museum).
Not far south from Levenwick, close to Clumlie, are these sandstone cliffs. They harbour a small guillimot colony amongst other sea birds, another seal rookery and a family of otters.
Nicht weit südlich von Levenwick nahe bei Clumlie ragen diese Klippen ins Meer. Sie beherbergen eine kleine Lummenkolonie und andere Seevögel, einen Seehundkindergarten und eine Otterfamilie.
Register Cliff State Historic Site near Guernsey, Wyoming
Wayfarers had a penchant for inscribing names and dates on prominent landmarks. Register Cliff, along the Oregon Trail, invited emigrants because broad river bottoms offered pleasing campsites and excellent pasture. The rocks at Register Cliff are hard enough that the engravings persist even to this day.