Gallery 43 - Isle of Portland to Lulworth Cove
Portland Marina
Returning to The Verne in the previous photo.
The coast path drops down and follows the Merchant Railway (1826 / 1939) .
A horse-drawn and cable-operated railway ran for two miles from many working quarries along the edge of Verne Hill, to a pier at Castletown.
A last view of Portland Marina (2009) / Harbour / Chesil Bank / The Fleet , with Weymouth some 2 miles away
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Date: 07/05/2021
Location: SY 6886 7379