John Anderson and Saltburn Cliff Hoist blue plaque

Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom

Saltburn Cliff Hoist Built 1870 Dismantled 1883 John Anderson, Resident Engineer to the Saltburn Improvement Company designed and built a timber counterbalanced Cliff hoist to allow easy access from the cliff top town to the newly constructed pier. 20 persons were carried in the cage to travel the 1

20 feet. It was replaced in 1884 with the present water balanced cliff railway.

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