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There has been a port at Wells for over 600 years. The harbour is protected by salt marshes behind a sand bar.Because it is a natural safe haven from the unpredictable North Sea weather the Port of Wells was one of England's major harbours in Tudor times and a thriving, centre for shipping and maritime industry in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Wells-next-the-Sea Lifeboat Station is located at the end of Beach Road, about 1 mi (1.6 km) north of the town of Wells-next-the-Sea, on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. [ 2 ] A lifeboat was first stationed at Wells-next-the-Sea by the Norfolk Shipwreck Association (NSA) in 1830, closing in 1851.
The north jetty was 580 feet (180 m) long, the south one 920 feet (280 m), and extended roughly from the inner harbor to just past the beaches. A 1-ft-thick bedding layer and core of 3-in. to 150 lb (68 kg) stone was covered with a double layer of stones weighing a minimum of two tons on the landward section and three tons on the seaward ...
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The Wells Harbour Railway was a 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (260 mm) gauge railway that ran at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England. It was 1,200 yards (1,100 m) long, running between Wells Harbour and Pinewoods. The line operated for 45 years, from 1976 to 2021, when it was closed and replaced with a bus service.
Originally, efforts to replace the aged line was slated to begin after Labor Day. Now, though, the project will begin before August is through.