{"id":76343,"date":"2014-03-22T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=76343"},"modified":"2023-10-23T19:04:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:04:14","slug":"saltburn-cliff-tramway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=76343","title":{"rendered":"Saltburn Cliff Tramway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" src=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Salttburn-Cliffe-Tramway-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76342\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Salttburn-Cliffe-Tramway-001.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Salttburn-Cliffe-Tramway-001-300x195.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Salttburn-Cliffe-Tramway-001-462x300.jpg 462w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Salttburn-Cliffe-Tramway-001-150x98.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Salttburn-Cliffe-Tramway-001-400x260.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Opening in June 1884 the Saltburn Inclined Tramway replaced the vertical hoist of John Nicholson; possibly the world\u2019s oldest water balanced cliff lift, the main winding wheel was replaced for the first time in 1998. Restored recently complete with stained glass windows it remains a useful way to avoid the climb from either the pier or the beach. We have been advised by Callum Duff: \u201dThe Vertical Hoist at Saltburn was built by the Saltburn Improvement Company\u2019s chief engineer, John Anderson who also built The Alexandra Hotel on Britannia Terrace (now Marine Parade) and was instrumental in the building of Saltburn pier.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson and Keith Bowers, thanks also to Callum Duff for the update.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>Opening in June 1884 the Saltburn Inclined Tramway replaced the vertical hoist of John Nicholson; possibly the world\u2019s oldest water balanced cliff lift, the main winding wheel was replaced for the first time in 1998. Restored recently complete with stained glass windows it remains a useful way to avoid the climb from either the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saltburn","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76345,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76343\/revisions\/76345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}