Mumbles
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Mumbles is a headland sited on the western edge of Swansea Bay on the southern coast of Wales.
Mumbles and lighthouse, mid-1800s
Panoramic photograph of Mumbles Pier; the Lifeboat station and the lighthouse on the right
Morning Sun at Tor Bay, Gower
Swansea and Mumbles Railway
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The Swansea and Mumbles Railway was the world's first passenger railway, located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.
Mumbles
…Lighthouse was built during the 1790s, and was converted to solar powered operation in 1995. Mumbles Pier was opened in 1898 at the terminus of the Swansea and Mumbles Railway, which was the world's first horse-drawn public passenger train service. It opened 2 Mar 1807 and used horse power to 1877, then steam power to 1929…
Horsetrain 1870
Horse-drawn tram on the Swansea and Mumbles Railway, 1897
The attempt at preservation of a Mumbles train at the Middleton Railway in Leeds