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The Sion Hill Tunnel, leading from the top (Clifton) station of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers. This tunnel is not railway related, but dates from before the station's 1891 construction - its exact purpose is not completely certain. The side tunnel on the right is newly discovered and even more mysterious!
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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Some of the cable fittings found during the ongoing restoration of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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In-situ parts of cables for one of the four cars found during the ongoing restoration of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol. This photograph is taken looking from the top (Clifton) end of the railway.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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The entrance to the Clifton (top) station of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol. The railway is currently being restored by volunteers. The photograph was taken during the Bristol Open Doors day, where many buildings that are not normally open to the public open their doors for a single weekend. The Clifton Rocks Railway was one of the most popular attractions, hence the queue!
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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The entrance to the Clifton (top) station of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol. The railway is currently being restored by volunteers. The photograph was taken during the Bristol Open Doors day, where many buildings that are not normally open to the public open their doors for a single weekend. The Clifton Rocks Railway was one of the most popular attractions, hence the queue!
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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The entrance to the Clifton (top) station of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol. The railway is currently being restored by volunteers. The photograph was taken during the Bristol Open Doors day, where many buildings that are not normally open to the public open their doors for a single weekend. The Clifton Rocks Railway was one of the most popular attractions, hence the queue!
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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The bottom (Hotwells) entrance to the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers. This photograph was taken from the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the road in front of the station is the now very busy A4 Portway, the main route between the M5 motorway and Bristol city centre. As part of the restoration a new footbridge over the road linking to the first floor of the staiton and also the "Zig-Zag", a footpath that provides the only current way up the 280ft cliff.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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The route of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers. This photograph was taken from the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the bottom station in Hotwells is the grand facade at the end of the row of buildings. The top station in Clfiton is behind the trees in the top left of the picture, to the left of the white-filled arched facade. The road directly outside the bottom station is the very busy A4 Portway, the main road between the M5 motorway and Bristol City Centre (background, right and centre) - this photograph was taken about mid-morning on a Saturday. As part of the restoration, a new footbridge from the first floor of the bottom station and the "Zig-Zag" footpath over the road, possibly also linking to the currently derelict landing stages in the river.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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The top of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol. The railway is currently being restored by volunteers. This photograph was taken from the entrance to the top (Clifton) station. The Bristol Open Doors Day poster is hung on a brick wall built when the BBC used the by-then disused tunnels during the second world war. The two walls on the left and right, which are covered stairwells, also date from the post-operational period - there were originally four parallel tracks. The "car" is a lifesize mockup of the front end.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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An original fusebox in the Clifton (top) station of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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A gas light at the entrance to the Clifton (top) station of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers. The lamp is not in original position, but was found during the restoration works.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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A gas light at the entrance to the Clifton (top) station of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers. The lamp is not in original position, but was found during the restoration works.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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The entrance to the top (Clifton) station of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol. The railway is currently being restored by volunteers. The photograph was taken during the Bristol Open Doors day, where many buildings that are not normally open to the public open their doors for a single weekend. The Clifton Rocks Railway was one of the most popular attractions, hence the queue! The bricked up access behind the flag shows that there was originally a second entrance from the street.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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The bottom part of a former ticket office window in the top (Clifton) station of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers. The ironwork was found amoungst debris in the running tunnel beyond the area used by the BBC during the second world war.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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The middle part of a former ticket office window in the top (Clifton) station of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers. The ironwork was found amoungst debris in the running tunnel beyond the area used by the BBC during the second world war.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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The top part of a former ticket office window in the top (Clifton) station of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers. The ironwork was found amoungst debris in the running tunnel beyond the area used by the BBC during the second world war.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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A merged view of the side/rear of the top (Clifton) station of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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One of the two former able wheels at the top the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers. There were originally two pairs of cars, this wheel was for the lefthand pair (viewed from the top), the right hand two rails are for the second car from the left (again viewed from the top). The rail next to the wall of the later stairwell is one of the two for the leftmost car. The black wall in the distance is also obviously later, and dates from when the BBC used the tunnels as a bomb-proof broadcasting location during the Second World War.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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One of the two former able wheels at the top the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers. There were originally two pairs of cars, this wheel was for the righthand pair (viewed from the top). The rail in the very bottom left of the photograph and the one adjacent two it are for the second car from the right (again viewed from the top). The rail furthest from the camera, adjacent to the later stairwell is one of the two for the rightmost car.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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An original wrought iron turnstile in the top (Clifton) station of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers. The turnstile was found in pieces amoungst much other debris in the running tunnel below the former BBC offices and manually hauled back up to the top.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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An original wrought iron turnstile in the top (Clifton) station of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers. The turnstile was found in pieces amoungst much other debris in the running tunnel below the former BBC offices and manually hauled back up to the top.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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The top of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol. The railway is currently being restored by volunteers. This photograph was taken from the top (Clifton) station. The Bristol Open Doors Day poster is hung on a brick wall built when the BBC used the by-then disused tunnels during the second world war. The two walls on the left and right, which are covered stairwells, also date from the post-operational period - there were originally four parallel tracks. The "car" is a lifesize mockup of the front end.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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The top of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol. The railway is currently being restored by volunteers. This photograph was taken from the top (Clifton) station. The Bristol Open Doors Day poster is hung on a brick wall built when the BBC used the by-then disused tunnels during the second world war. The two walls on the left and right, which are covered stairwells, also date from the post-operational period - there were originally four parallel tracks. The "car" is a lifesize mockup of the front end.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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The Clifton Rocks Railway is a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers. This photograph was taken from the top (Clifton) station looking down the righthand (looking from the top) stairway that was built during the second world war to access BBC broadcasting offices located in the tunnel. The stairway uses most of the space formerlly occupied by the rightmost (from the top) of the four cars.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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The Clifton Rocks Railway is a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers. This photograph was taken from the top (Clifton) station looking down the lefthand (looking from the top) stairway that was built during the second world war to access BBC broadcasting offices located in the tunnel. The stairway uses most of the space formerlly occupied by the leftmost (from the top) of the four cars. The stairway runs the entire length of the railway to the bottom - 450ft long with a vertical distance of 280ft, giving a 1:2.128 gradient.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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One of the water valves to fill the car tank found during the ongoing restoration of the Clifton Rocks Railway, a long disused funicular railway located entirely in a tunnel between the Clifton and Hotwells areas of Bristol that is currently being restored by volunteers.
Photo by Chris McKenna 26/09/2006. |
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