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The cliff lift at Saltburn-by-the-Sea is one of the oldest in the world having opened on 28th June 1884 having replaced a vertical lift that was closed in 1883 on safety grounds. This standard gauge funicular railway operates on the water balance system and raises passengers up the 120ft cliff on a gradient of 1:1.33. The bottom station for the lift is situated behind the red and cream painted buildings which are associated with the 1869 pier on which I was stood.