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Just back from a very refreshing 5 day break in Somerset & Devon.

Highlight for me was the Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway. Built in
1888, its a simply incredible piece of engineering - using no power
at all!

Someone has to ask, so I'll do it. How does 700 gallons get into both
tanks using no power at all?

I'll get me coat.

It doesn't go into both tanks - only the one at the top - which pulls the
(empty) one up as it decends. The (empty) one now at the top is filled by
a river, the one at the bottom dumps the water into the oggin.

Neat.