Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway & Flood Memorial Hall October 2012 Video

The unique water powered cliff railway, opened on Easter Monday 1890, was funded by the wealthy London publisher George Newnes who'd built himself a holiday home, although it was more of a mansion, high on the hill above the town. He also sponsored the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, the running in board from the town's closed station can be found in the garden of the Exmoor museum in the town. If you're visiting the area why not call in at Woody Bay station and see what's going on to rebuild the railway, also see some of my other films.
Newnes also gifted the impressive town hall. The water is captured from the West Lyn river and piped about a mile to the top station, water is let in to a tank below the passenger cabin. When it's time to depart, the operator of the bottom car lets some water out of his tank, which flows into the sea. The then heavier top car pulls the bottom one up. There are other water powered railways in the world but these reuse the same water, pumping it back to the top. At the bottom is the small village of Lynmouth which was devastated by a flood on 15th August 1952. An incredible 9 inches of rain had fallen on Exmoor during the previous 24 hours. Water, boulders and mud, surged down the East and West Lyn rivers which meet at Lynmouth. 34 lives were lost, some in surrounding villages and settlements.
UPDATE. The Cliff railway featured in the Michael Portillo programme "Great British Railway Journeys" in January 2013

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