Prestigious Award for Cliff Railway

posted by keith vingoe on Sat, 20/09/2014 - 14:49

We are pleased to report that the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway was presented with a prestigious Engineering Heritage Award on Thursday 18th September in the new Lynmouth Pavilion

Previous winners of the award have been the E-Type Jaguar, Tower Bridge and Concorde as examples of great British engineering.

The award was presented by John Wood, chairman of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Heritage Committee, to Andrew Ireland, chairman of the Lynmouth and Lynton Lift Company. “The Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway is a fine example of UK engineering and was the first of its kind and is now the oldest water-powered total-loss funicular railway in the UK.” said Mr Wood.

Congratulations from the L&B to all involved with the Cliff Railway.

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Chairman John Wood and several of the delegates from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers later visited Woody Bay Station and enjoyed learning of our plans for the future as well as enjoying a trip on the line.