West Cliff Lift
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The
West Cliff Lift opened four months after its East Cliff counterpart on 1st
August 1908. It is slightly shorter in length at 145ft (44m) and doesn’t rise
quite as high to only 102ft (31m) as that on the East Cliff, but the track
gauge is identical at 5ft 6in (1676mm). However, the original cars were
slightly bigger and could accommodate 16 passengers, four more than at the East
Cliff.
After
closure for the duration of World War 2, in 1962 the original cars were
replaced by new Council-built ones. The tracks were renewed in 1986 with the
rails set on pre-cast concrete units replacing the original timber baulks.
Peter Kazmierczak, Senior Heritage Librarian,
Bournemouth Libraries
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