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In 1863, Ramsgate Harbour station opened, and over time was a heavily used station. Only problem was that the town was served by two rival companies, and the London, Chatham and Dover Railway had their main station here. Access to the station was via a tunnel nearly a mile long and a downward gradient of 1:75, in addition to the steepness of the line and danger of runaway trains, space at the bottom was very limited, with only space for a small turntable, so only small tank locomotives could be used.
Under rationalisation on Thanet in 1926, this and the Margate Beach branch was closed, and the main line linking the two networks completed, Ramsgate Town station being moved to facilitate this.
An electric narrow gauge railway was constructed before the war, and run until 1965 when another accident resulted in closure.
Since 1965, the tunnel had been sealed, but urban explorers did break in and left graffiti everywhere.
Prior to the Second World War, a series of tunnels were constructed for use as air raid shelters, and it is these which the tours now operating are taken along.
The main railway tunnel still has soot on the roof over where the up line would have been, and in places you can see where the sleepers for the narrow gauge railway was lifted.
The shelter tunnels run for over a mile, and had many different entrances, though all are now blocked up, and some of the tunnels have collapsed.
The tunnels dug were in a U shape and had room for thousands to shelter in bunks each night, and although when opened were seen as a waste of money, were very much needed at the end of 1940 as the Blitz began to bite.
People even lived down in the tunnels if their house was bombed, pre=fabricated wooden frames were used, draped with curtains or other fabric.
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The Herne Bay & Faversham Railway company was founded in 1857. In 1859 it became the Margate & London Railway, and two years later took the name Kent Coast Railway, by which it was known for the rest of its independent existence. It built a line from Faversham to Whitstable Town in 1860, extended it to Herne Bay & Hampton-on-Sea in 1861 and opened the section from there to a station called Ramsgate on 5 October 1863.[2] This was much closer to the seafront at Ramsgate than its predecessor, Ramsgate Town, which was opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1846.[3]
In 1871, the Kent Coast Railway was bought by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway.[2] In June of that year, Ramsgate station took the name Ramsgate & St Lawrence-on-Sea, which it bore until 1 July 1899. For the rest of its existence it was known as Ramsgate Harbour.[4] The station was very popular and well-used, but was on a cramped site which was reached through a tunnel down a long 1-in-75 gradient. A train went out of control down this slope on 31 August 1891. One person was killed.[3][5] Plans were made to simplify the poorly connected railway network in the Thanet area; these were quickly adopted by the Southern Railway company, which took over the London, Chatham and Dover Railway's operations on 1 January 1923 as a result of the Grouping Act.[3] It built a new line, 1.6 miles (2.6 km) long, to connect the former Kent Coast Railway route from Faversham and the former South Eastern Railway route from Ashford,[2] which bypassed both Ramsgate Harbour and Ramsgate Town stations. Two new stations, Dumpton Park and Ramsgate, were built on this line to serve the town.[3] The line and the new stations opened on 2 July 1926, and the section of line between the new junction and Ramsgate Harbour station, and the station itself, closed on the same date.[2] The station site was bought by a company which converted it into a funfair. The station building was damaged by fire in 1998 and subsequently demolished. Part of the former route through the tunnel was opened as a narrow gauge tourist railway in 1936 which became the Tunnel Railway[3]. Services were suspended during World War 2. It reopened but it closed in 1965 following an accident at the beach station and the owners decided to close the railway. The railway was then dismantled. In 1939 part of the abandoned railway tunnel became an air raid shelter.[6] A network of tunnels was constructed leading from the disused railway tunnel leading under the town with various access steps to the surface. After the war finished these tunnels were abandoned. Following the award of a Heritage Lottery Grant sections of the abandoned railway tunnel and wartime air raid tunnels have been restored and were officially reopened on 27 May 2014.
Ramsgate station, Kent, 4 September 2020. Ramsgate Town station was opened by the SER in 1846 and Ramsgate Harbour station was opened in 1863 by the Kent Coast Railway (later part of the LCDR); both were termini and unconnected with each other. Surprisingly, when the SER and LCDR formed the SECR in 1899, which planned to improve this situation, it was left to its successor, the Southern Railway, to build a new link line between the SER and LCDR routes on which they built a new Ramsgate station in 1926, the two earlier stations being closed. The architects of the new station were James Robb Scott and Edwin Maxwell Fry, modernist architects, who built the station in New Classical style with an Egyptian theme. Discoveries in the Valley of the Kings had been made recently. Pictured is the staiway from platforms 1& 2 to the subway.
In 1863, Ramsgate Harbour station opened, and over time was a heavily used station. Only problem was that the town was served by two rival companies, and the London, Chatham and Dover Railway had their main station here. Access to the station was via a tunnel nearly a mile long and a downward gradient of 1:75, in addition to the steepness of the line and danger of runaway trains, space at the bottom was very limited, with only space for a small turntable, so only small tank locomotives could be used.
Under rationalisation on Thanet in 1926, this and the Margate Beach branch was closed, and the main line linking the two networks completed, Ramsgate Town station being moved to facilitate this.
An electric narrow gauge railway was constructed before the war, and run until 1965 when another accident resulted in closure.
Since 1965, the tunnel had been sealed, but urban explorers did break in and left graffiti everywhere.
Prior to the Second World War, a series of tunnels were constructed for use as air raid shelters, and it is these which the tours now operating are taken along.
The main railway tunnel still has soot on the roof over where the up line would have been, and in places you can see where the sleepers for the narrow gauge railway was lifted.
The shelter tunnels run for over a mile, and had many different entrances, though all are now blocked up, and some of the tunnels have collapsed.
The tunnels dug were in a U shape and had room for thousands to shelter in bunks each night, and although when opened were seen as a waste of money, were very much needed at the end of 1940 as the Blitz began to bite.
People even lived down in the tunnels if their house was bombed, pre=fabricated wooden frames were used, draped with curtains or other fabric.
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The Herne Bay & Faversham Railway company was founded in 1857. In 1859 it became the Margate & London Railway, and two years later took the name Kent Coast Railway, by which it was known for the rest of its independent existence. It built a line from Faversham to Whitstable Town in 1860, extended it to Herne Bay & Hampton-on-Sea in 1861 and opened the section from there to a station called Ramsgate on 5 October 1863.[2] This was much closer to the seafront at Ramsgate than its predecessor, Ramsgate Town, which was opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1846.[3]
In 1871, the Kent Coast Railway was bought by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway.[2] In June of that year, Ramsgate station took the name Ramsgate & St Lawrence-on-Sea, which it bore until 1 July 1899. For the rest of its existence it was known as Ramsgate Harbour.[4] The station was very popular and well-used, but was on a cramped site which was reached through a tunnel down a long 1-in-75 gradient. A train went out of control down this slope on 31 August 1891. One person was killed.[3][5] Plans were made to simplify the poorly connected railway network in the Thanet area; these were quickly adopted by the Southern Railway company, which took over the London, Chatham and Dover Railway's operations on 1 January 1923 as a result of the Grouping Act.[3] It built a new line, 1.6 miles (2.6 km) long, to connect the former Kent Coast Railway route from Faversham and the former South Eastern Railway route from Ashford,[2] which bypassed both Ramsgate Harbour and Ramsgate Town stations. Two new stations, Dumpton Park and Ramsgate, were built on this line to serve the town.[3] The line and the new stations opened on 2 July 1926, and the section of line between the new junction and Ramsgate Harbour station, and the station itself, closed on the same date.[2] The station site was bought by a company which converted it into a funfair. The station building was damaged by fire in 1998 and subsequently demolished. Part of the former route through the tunnel was opened as a narrow gauge tourist railway in 1936 which became the Tunnel Railway[3]. Services were suspended during World War 2. It reopened but it closed in 1965 following an accident at the beach station and the owners decided to close the railway. The railway was then dismantled. In 1939 part of the abandoned railway tunnel became an air raid shelter.[6] A network of tunnels was constructed leading from the disused railway tunnel leading under the town with various access steps to the surface. After the war finished these tunnels were abandoned. Following the award of a Heritage Lottery Grant sections of the abandoned railway tunnel and wartime air raid tunnels have been restored and were officially reopened on 27 May 2014.
Stagecoach 26235 new AlX200 part of a batch of 24 now in service at Thanet on loop services ,this was at Ramsgate station .
Ramsgate station, Kent, 4 September 2020. Ramsgate Town station was opened by the SER in 1846 and Ramsgate Harbour station was opened in 1863 by the Kent Coast Railway (later part of the LCDR); both were termini and unconnected with each other. Surprisingly, when the SER and LCDR formed the SECR in 1899, which planned to improve this situation, it was left to its successor, the Southern Railway, to build a new link line between the SER and LCDR routes on which they built a new Ramsgate station in 1926, the two earlier stations being closed. The architects of the new station were James Robb Scott and Edwin Maxwell Fry, modernist architects, who built the station in New Classical style with an Egyptian theme. Discoveries in the Valley of the Kings had been made recently. Pictured is the doorway to the gents' toilet off the booking hall.
Royal Victoria Pavilion, Ramsgate, 5 September 2020. Built in 1903-4 as a theatre/concert hall/assembly rooms/cafe. It was designed by Stanley Davenport Adshead in the style of a Robert Adam French Classical Revival Orangery with the interior based on the Queen's Theatre in Versailles (yes, really). Adshead drew up the plans in a week and won Ramsgate Corporations competition to build it, his first major architectural work. A good example of Edwardian seaside architecture. It became a casino in 1970 which closed in 2008 and it fell into a very dilapidated state. However, in 2017-18 it was restored by Wetherspoons and became the largest 'spoons pub in the world! Although it has to be said that Wetherspoons only have pubs in the UK and Ireland. Nonetheless, it also has to be said that Wetherspoons has done a truly excellent job of restoration and having a 'full English' breakfast on the veranda on a sunny English Summer's morning was a delight. Pictured is the interior with the Imperial Staircase leading to the galleries.
Stagecoach ALX200 26247 departs from Ramsgate harbour to Margate via the Railway station on loop service .
Welcome to Churchill House
The best in learning... the best in leisure
Churchill House is a quality English Language School in the beautiful and safe seaside town of Ramsgate, Kent. (London - 1 hour 50 minutes). We offer:
Excellent lessons in small classes with highly professional, friendly teachers
Welcoming families, all within walking distance of the School and only one student of any one nationality per family
Fantastic Social Club programme which includes free evening activities, sports, fun and cultural trips and tours of England, Scotland and Europe
The chance to make friends with English people in The Churchill Tavern, our own traditional pub, and The Clubroom - reserved exclusively for the use of our students, staff.
Thanet Offshore Wind Farm – Project Details
The Thanet Offshore Wind Farm (Thanet) project is located 11.3km offshore from Foreness Point,
the easternmost part of the Kent coastline. Between 60 and 100 wind turbines would make up the
wind farm, depending upon the size of the turbine chosen and based on a maximum output of 300MW.
This is enough to provide electricity for 240,000 average homes, which will account for a significant
the proportion of the energy needs of East Kent.
The maximum height of the turbines would be up to 150m
(approx 500 feet) from sea level to the blade tip in the vertically
up position and the minimum clearance would be 22m (approx
70 feet) to the blade tip in the vertically down position. The
spacing between turbines would be a minimum of 450m
(approx 1,500 feet).
The turbine nacelle or hub, complete with three blades would
be mounted upon a cylindrical steel tower, which would, in turn,
be supported by a foundation fixed to the seabed. Several
different foundation types were considered for the Thanet project.
Given the seabed conditions, water depth and environmental
conditions at the site, it was considered that either monopiles or
gravity-based structures (GBS) would be the most likely alternatives.
The wind farm would also include an anemometry mast to collect
data on wind speed and direction data.
The turbines would be interconnected by a buried 33kV cable
network and connected to an offshore substation platform
where the voltage is stepped up to 132kV. Electricity would be
transferred to shore by two export cables, which would be routed
to a landfall point in the northern part of Pegwell Bay. The cables
would be buried to a depth of between 1m and 3m depending
on localised seabed conditions. Cable installation would
most likely require a bespoke cable plough, which minimises
disturbance to the seabed by cutting a narrow trench little wider
than the cable itself, whilst consecutively laying the cable and
pushing the sediments back into place. Grid connection would
be made via cables buried under the A256 Sandwich Road to the
existing substation at the disused Richborough Power Station,
from where power would be distributed via the existing local
electricity network.
The museum is housed in the early 19th century Grade II* Clock House at the Royal Harbour, Ramsgate. Four galleries present aspects of the maritime heritage and seafaring life of the Isle of Thanet and East Kent through displays on Royal Harbour history, fishing and shipbuilding, navigation and the lifeboat service. The important marine archaeological collection features artefacts raised from the notorious Goodwin Sands, featuring arms and effects excavated from the late Stuart warship Stirling Castle, sunk in 1703. A fifth display and conservation area - The Gun Room - houses a huge iron gun undergoing preservation, with an accompanying exhibition on Naval Gunnery.
In the John Rennie Room can be seen the Ramsgate Meridian Line while, adjoining the main building, Smeaton's 1791 Dry Dock and historic craft including the 'Dunkirk Little Ship' Sundowner can be seen
The East Kent Maritime Trust also operates Margate Museum.
So, after spending all day on the boat in the harbour looking at the wonderful light, Jools picked me up at five fifteen with my cameras and so I grabbed these shots whilst the light was still in the sky.
I am supposed to be surveying the wind farm off Ramsgate, but Health and Safety have stopped us sailing so far, and probably will again today.
The Ramsgate Harbour Approach Road Tunnel project involved the design and construction of a new relief road for heavy goods vehicles to by-pass the town centre of Ramsgate. The project extended from the outskirts of the town to the existing harbour at the base of the cliffs. The route for the new road ran under residential and commercial properties with only 5m cover to the tunnel crown and then along the seafront on a pile supported sea wall bridge deck. The scope of works involved the construction of 2.2kms of single carriageway, 800m of single bore 11m diamter tunnel, 600m of reinforced seawall deck structure, associated ventilation shafts and mechanical and electrical control systems.
The main tunnels were constructed using the Prevault tunnelling method. This was the first time that this innovative technique was used in the UK.