Leas Lift, a water and gravity powered funicular railway in Folkestone
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2016
- 4 views of Leas lift, all on Sunday 27 September 2015: Watching a trip from above, another from the beach, a third riding it up the cliff, and finally a quick look at the mechanism inside the top station.
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How amazing ! I haven't seen it for more than 50 years ! I went for my first holidays ever abroad with my parents to Folkestone, and we stayed in an hotel called "Princess Hotel" at the top of the cliff. And it was an every day entertainment for me to take the funicular for going to the beach... Thank you for bringing back to me these long forgotten memories.
Thanks for the video. I used to love this when I was a kid. A real treat. Back then, 1940-50s, Folkestone was still a seaside holiday resort. Near the bottom of this railway were a swimming pool, funfair and more. What with the Cross Channel ferry and other attractions - I lived on the edge of town in Cheriton near farmland - it was a pleasant place to grow up in. I haven't been back (from Australia) since 1981, partly because most people I knew are dead, but also because of how downhill it had gone, with where I played as a child now given over to the Channel Tunnel entrance.
hope you are joking. they just built and wasted energy to build something that carry's lazy people up few steps
Gerry Hiles Did they still squeak like that oh my God
Gerry Hiles
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Wow such a short track compared to the Lynton Lynmouth one. Glad I had the chance to enjoy holidays in North Devon as a Kid.
With readily available flowing water this becomes a truly green system ; the power source is the potential energy stored in the water on top .
Looks like a double decker bus hovering up and down a hill.
Brilliant!
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I love the design of this........thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing the amazing creative system.
Never seen one powered by water before. I remember going to Scarborough on holiday when I was 10 years old, there were 3 funicular railways at that time... I think there's only one left now, and still is operational.
Still two operational ones in Scarborough in 2021 and 1 that's now used as a cafe, with both "cars" permanently fixed at the top of the rails.
I remember going on this when i was a child fond memorys.
I rode in this with friends many years ago. Great view from the car.
Such a elegant idea. Smart.
It was a great video Thanks so much
great video
There are a surprising amount of these in the UK, all in old coastal towns.
Bridgnorth is scarcely "coastal" - unless sea levels rise more than expected!
Super video ! :)
irelandbloke
wow...great video :)
Thanks!
that so cool
Sue!
Sue who?
Are the water dumped downhill utilised for some purpose?
No waste its recycled
Ingenious! But what do they do with the water when they get to the bottom?
Boy that thing howls! Is there a grease shortage in Folkeston?
Sorry, Folkestone.
My guess is the squeal you hear is some sort of braking mechanism to keep the system from moving too fast.
They have a man whose job it is to look after the squeaks. Not get rid of them, just maintain them. It's part of the attraction for tourists you see.
Matt Jasper that's a few levels of sarcasm deep
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Seems efficient!
Very good congratulations ... train from Brazil greetings ... DUTRA
Café Ferroviário vc por aqui, te vi outro dia nos comentários da funicular Paranapiacaba
Where is Folkestone for those of us geographically challenged?
this is really amazing!
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Amazing!
These a great noises that these things are making
thought the same
Happy to neighbours
Till you’re needing the brakes
Stairway??
I have been in Folkestone during summer 2017 and this thing seemed to be permanently out of service
7y8
Here's how it works: under the cars there there are tanks of water, to make the cars move the driver in the upper post fills the tank of the car while the driver in the lower post dumps the water out of the other car, (not shown) so the upper car becomes heavier and begins the descent, pulling up the other car
Now i get it. You just earned a sub!
Wow, thanks for explaining! Very awesome, i never heard of these lift cars before!
Renato Donadi
Renato Donadio Tell us some thing we don't know?
Renato Donadio
Fantastic :)
Where is this place,? This is similar to lift un Valparaíso's hill in Chile
Folkestone, South Wale, UK.
Folkestone, Kent, UK.
impressive .. when was it built
19th Century - not sure exactly when - I loved to ride in this when I was a kid in the 1940s. There was another one further along the Leas, but it closed when WW2 broke out I think. As a seaside resort Folkestone never fully recovered after the War.
if the powers that be would permit the people, we could power the whole world with these picture perfect plethoras of pure genius principles.
Tartarian tech
Unbelievable, very nice👍
The idea of genius and exquisite
thaer Albayati
Kälti Stanzerhorn
I remember going on these in the 1960s when both pairs of lifts were working. Folkestone was a hugely vibrant and fun place then...
How did these work... did the water empty out at the bottom, then be piped back to the top to repeat the process?
Maybe the technology is different, but The Duquesne Incline in Pittsburgh is quite similar.
This is at Niagra Falls too
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How much water they are going to dump?isnt it too much water every 10 minutes?at least?
So, how does the water coming from the refiller tap? Electric pump? If yes, then it's NOT an efficient model at all.
Excellent!
Hasan , Dhaka
beautifull
theres 2 of these in Hastings
What a ingenious and without Electricity mechanism, this can do only our ancestors not we modern people.
Wonderful 👏
I first Time seeing this type system
Very Nice.!! Ian - Manoj
It is so good. I studied in general knowledge
MashaAllah hard work n enjoy ment
Very nice 👍🏼
just like the bendera hills in penang, malaysia.
The ' bukit bendera ' are using electric, unlike this one though and the distance are much longer
good...but I don't understand only one....why this open water...why...I don't know why
Cap'n we've sprung a leak!
I saw this from Niagara falls USA side in 2016.
I remember going on these
good technique, use water as a ballast to lower the railway.
Very environmentally friendly
Amazing
Thanks 😘
You've gotta seriously hand it to those Victorian engineers!
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Their success was based on old proven prinicples
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Why gravity isn't being used for Mass transit is beyond me.
It is obvious the way it works
Where it is located
Plzz tell me where is this place......give me some information about that place......
Google the name from title.
Sounds like somebody is avoiding packing the grease gun.
Very nice
Where it is? I mean in which country?
What if cable breaks?
GREAT SALUTE
its so sad to see this engineering masterpiece in this bad condition ..
wow very nice
simple but it works.
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How it's work
How it is possible,I don't know this funda
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What is funicular about this? It looks like both trains have completely separate tracks all the way up & down.
Funicular just means that the 2 vehicles are attached by a rope, and the weight of one going down is used to help the other going up. While in some cases the vehicles share track (apart from at the passing point), that isn't part of the definition of funicular railways.
There should have been a rope in front of the cars, connecting them. I didn't see it.
Awesome .. sity
must be some water pump, to get it up there
Cool!
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That’s Saltburn-by-the-Sea!
What is this
ingenious
Though the power system is interesting; this is not a little boring. PWG
WOW
super.
Arakku baguntundi
pallani tamilnadu same system is there when u visit just try it
Tell me specific location of the place. I am planning to visit tamilnadu next month for work purpose
Can someone tell tell me how this thing works ?
Pressor of water and hydraulics
It was simple enough. There are water tanks under the carriages. The carriage tank at the top of the hill is filled with water until it outweighs the carriage (and the people in it) at the bottom. Gravity, and a system of cables, then enables the top car to descend while pulling up the bottom car, and everything in it. Once the top car is at the bottom all the water is released and the top car is filled to repeat the process all day long. It used to be filled with sea water which was pumped up to the top but more recently the same fresh water was recycled round and round. I say "was" because the whole thing is shut now and has been for a while. The Victorians would be spinning in their graves if they knew how we have neglected everything they built for us. It used to cost a penny (old money 1d) when I was aboy which meant you could go up (or down) 240 times for a pound.
@@Geoff4822 thank you Geoff
Nice
nice
I guess this system works well in countries that don't have winter...
спасибо за интересное видео.
у нас такой электрический)
Wow 👌✌️👌
All that waiting around to catch one just for a very short slope smh.
wow
Good