Magic Lantern Slide: The Cliff Railway, Lynmouth
- Description
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This magic lantern slide shows a view of the Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway in 1910. The railway opened in 1890 and continues to take passengers between Lynton and Lynmouth today. it is the world’s highest and steepest water powered cliff railway still in operation.
William Weaver Baker was a keen local amateur photographer and his collection of lantern slides offer a rare glimpse of Exeter and the surrounding area in the early twentieth century. - Accession Loan No.
- 313/1977/65
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: The Cliff Railway, Lynmouth
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: The Cliff Railway, Lynmouth
- Dimensions
- whole width 83 mm; whole H 83 mm; whole TH 2.5 mm
- Production Person Surname
- Baker
- Production Person Initials
- W. Weaver
- Period Classification
- Edwardian (1901-1914); World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Year Low
- 1908
- Production Year High
- 1937
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Area Region
- North
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Family Group
- Material
- glass; paper; photographic emulsion
- Collection Town
- Lynmouth
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Inscription / Transcription
- handwritten 'The Cliff Railway Lynmouth. 1910' on mount
