Volk's Railway : the oldest working electric railway in the world, part 1 [videorecording]
2005
Videos and DVDs
For many generations the skeletal like carriages or cars of Volk's Railway have run along Brighton Beach carrying excited children and the young at heart to Children's Playground and Black Rock. Opened on 4 August 1883, the creator of this popular railway was electrical pioneer Magnus Volk. Owners of seafront shops and beach traders alongside the route feared the railway would drive away their customers, and the residents of Kemp Town were vocal in their oposition. But with the passing of time, the sight of the cars on their way to and from Black Rock became a familiar part of beach life, and once hostile residents embraced the railway, believing it to be an asset to their town. As part of his transport plan for Brighton seafront Magnus Volk also built a railway in the sea. Nicknamed Daddy-Long-Legs, this curious hybrid of boat and pier ran from Black Rock to Rottingdean from 1896 to 1901.
Main title:
Imprint:
Cinemedia, 2005.
Collation:
1 DVD
Performers:
Narrated by Tim Blisset.
Dewey class:
388.46
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
405521