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The station was opened on 15 June 1881 by the Dover and Deal Joint Railway when it opened the line from an end-on connection at Deal to Buckley Junction near Dover. [6] [7] The line was the only one jointly owned by the rival South Eastern Railway and London, Chatham and Dover Railway and remained independent until the Grouping. [8]
The Royal Marine Depot, Deal was a military installation occupied by the Royal Marines and located in an area between Lower Walmer and South Deal in Kent.The Depot (for training Royal Marine recruits) was first established in 1861, [1] occupying part of the Royal Naval Hospital (which was linked to H.M. Naval Yard, Deal). [2]
Map of Deal Walmer and Sandown Castles, "The three castles which keep the Downs" [9] Deal and the adjacent castles of Walmer and Sandown were constructed to protect the Downs in east Kent, an important anchorage formed by the Goodwin Sands which gave access to Deal Beach, on which enemy soldiers could easily be landed and an area the King knew well. [10]
Walmer is a town in the district of Dover, Kent, in England. Located on the coast, the parish of Walmer is six miles (9.7 km) south-east of Sandwich, Kent. The town's coastline and castle are popular amongst tourists. It has a population of 6,693 (2001), increasing to 8,178 at the 2011 Census. [1]
After 67 years service, 420 launches, and 859 lives saved, North Deal Lifeboat Station was closed in September 1932. The lifeboat on station at the time, Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No.2) (ON 552) was retired and sold, and was last reported as a yacht in 2019. The lifeboat house still stands, and is currently in use by 'Deal Angling Club (1919)'.
Deal's rare art deco signalbox dates from 1939. Deal retains its semaphore signals at the station and at Victoria Park. The signal box moved from the platform to the Western Road level crossing in 1939. It is a good example of a Southern Railway odeon/art deco ‘glasshouse’ signal box (a Type 13). One siding remains, occasionally used for ...
Goodwin Sands is a 10-mile-long (16 km) sandbank at the southern end of the North Sea lying 6 miles (10 km) off the Deal coast in Kent, England. [1] The area consists of a layer of approximately 25 m (82 ft) depth of fine sand resting on an Upper Chalk platform belonging to the same geological feature that incorporates the White Cliffs of Dover .
U.S. Route 341 (US 341) is a 224-mile-long (360 km) U.S. highway entirely in the U.S. state of Georgia.It travels diagonally across southern Georgia (but is signed as north–south) from Brunswick at US 17/SR 25 to Barnesville at US 41/SR 7/SR 18.