[From 128 Views, c.1907]

Section 7 - Groudle Glen

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Groudle Glen was opened in 1893.

Minature Railway, Groudle Glen, near Douglas

Minature Railway, Groudle Glen, near Douglas

The minature 2 foot gauge railway opened in 1896 - this was the first loco ordered, called Sea Lion, distinguishable from its 1906 companion, Polar Bear, by having round lookouts rather than rectangular.

When the railway closed, this engine and some of the original carriages, landed up at Amberley Chalk Pit museum where it is currently in operation, though it revisted the Island for the centenary.
Groudle Glen and Hotel

Groudle Glen and Hotel

 
Water Wheel, Groudle Glen

JV 46408 - Water Wheel, Groudle Glen

Purely decorative and non-functional at top of path leading down the glen.
Scene in Groudle Glen

Scene in Groudle Glen

 
Llen Choan, Groudle Glen

Llen Choan, Groudle Glen

Llen Choan means lovely glen in Manx.
Groudle Hotel, Groudle Glen

JV. 21374 - Groudle Hotel, Groudle Glen

This photo would appear to have been replaced - my card is dated July 1910 - the hotel is to a design by Baillie Scott

21374 - Hotel and Entrance Groudle Glen
21374 - Hotel and Entrance Groudle Glen

Minature Railway, Groudle Glen

Minature Railway, Groudle Glen
Old Cottage, Groudle Glen

Old Cottage, Groudle Glen
Rocks and Bear Cage, Groudle Glen

Rocks and Bear Cage, Groudle Glen
Sea Lions, Groudle Glen

Sea Lions, Groudle Glen
Whirlpool, Groudle Glen

Whirlpool, Groudle Glen

 

Note: Photographs that appeared on the same page are grouped together; pages are separated by a small horizontal line. All comments are my own and are not in the original which had only the captions shown against each photograph.
 

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