| 词条 | Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway |
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The Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway was a unique coastline railway in Brighton, England that ran through the shallow coastal waters of the English Channel between 1896 and 1901.[1] Background and constructionMagnus Volk, its owner, designer and engineer, had already been successful with the more conventional Volk's Electric Railway, which had then not been extended east of Paston Place. Facing unfavourable geography, Volk decided to construct a line through the surf from a pier at Paston Place to one at Rottingdean. This was also home to Volk's Seaplane Station which was used by his son George Herbert Volk. The railway itself consisted of two parallel {{RailGauge|2ft8.5in}} gauge tracks, billed as {{convert|18|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} gauge, the measurement between the outermost rails.[2] The tracks were laid on concrete sleepers mortised into the bedrock. The single car used on the railway was a {{convert|45|by|22|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} pier-like building which stood on four {{convert|23|ft|m|1|abbr=on|adj=on}}-long legs. The car weighed {{convert|45|LT|ST t|abbr=on|lk=on}}. Propulsion was by electric motor. It was officially named Pioneer, but many called it Daddy Long-Legs. Due to regulations then in place, a qualified sea captain was on board at all times, and the car was provided with lifeboats and other safety measures. Construction took two years from 1894 to 1896. The railway officially opened 28 November 1896, but was nearly destroyed by a storm the night of 4 December. Volk immediately set to rebuilding the railway including the Pioneer, which had been knocked on its side, and it reopened in July 1897. In useThe railway was popular, but faced difficulties. The car was slowed considerably at high tide, but Volk could never afford to improve the motors. In 1900, groynes built near the railway were found to have led to underwater scouring under the sleepers and the railway was closed for two months while this was repaired. Immediately afterward, the council decided to build a beach protection barrier, which unfortunately required Volk to divert his line around the barrier. Without funds to do so, Volk closed the railway. In 1901 the right-of-way was broken up for construction of the barrier. One further attempt was made to raise money for a conventional over-water viaduct along roughly the same route. LegacyThe track, car and other structures were sold for scrap, but some of the concrete sleepers can still be viewed at low tide. Eventually Volk's Electric Railway was extended onshore, covering a portion of the same distance; it remains in operation. A model of the railway car is on display (along with a poster for the railway) in the foyer of the Brighton Toy and Model Museum. Similar forms of transportOn rails
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References1. ^Coast. BBC2 programme. Transmitted 6 May 2013 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.urban75.org/railway/brighton-sea-railway.html|title=Volk's Electric Sea Railway, Daddy Long Legs, The Brighton to Rottingdean Seashore Electric railway, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK|website=www.urban75.org}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Jackson|first1=Alan|title=Volk's Railways Brighton|date=1993|publisher=Plateway Press|isbn=1 871980 18 6}} External links{{commons category|Daddy Long Legs (vehicle)|Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway}}
4 : Closed railway lines in South East England|Transport in Brighton and Hove|Railway lines opened in 1896|Railway companies disestablished in 1901 |
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