The Extraordinary Daddy-Long-Legs Railway of Brighton

The unique, but sadly short-lived, Brighton & Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway must have presented quite an amazing spectacle, even during those late Victorian days of engineering excellence. Affectionately known as the 'Daddy-Long-Legs', 'spider car' or 'sea car', the railway resembled a piece of seaside pier that had broken away and was moving by itself through the sea. Although closed over a hundred years ago, interest in the Daddy-Long-Legs Railway remains strong and it has become a Brighton icon. The book details the history of the Daddy-Long-Legs and features the best collection of photographs of it so far assembled, along with plans, timetables and posters and associated features such as Volk's Electric Railway and the piers assembled as a landing stage for the Daddy-Long-Legs. This will be the first book to concentrate solely on this unique and fascinating piece of British seaside history.

ISBN:	9781445689357
Publisher:	Amberley Publishing
Imprint:	Amberley Publishing
Published date:	15 Aug 2019
DEWEY:	385.50942256
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	96
Weight:	286g
Height:	234mm
Width:	166mm
Spine width:	8mm

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