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Photographie,Vintage CDV albumen carte de visite - Brwon & Wheeler photograph, Isle of Wight. Shanklin Chine is a geological feature and tourist attraction in the town of Shanklin, on the Isle of Wight, England. A wooded coastal ravine, it contains waterfalls, trees and lush vegetation, with footpaths and walkways allowing paid access for visitors, and a heritage centre explaining its history. A chine is a local word for a stream cutting back into a soft cliff. Formation of the Chine, which cuts through Lower Greensand Cretaceous sandstones, has taken place over the last 10,000 years. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, stones were laid at the top of the waterfall to arrest this progress. There are a continuous series of spring lines on the cliff faces in the Chine. The Isle of Wight has a number of chines, but the largest remaining is Shanklin. With a drop of 32 m (105 ft) to sea level, and a length of just over 400m (a quarter of a mile), the Chine covers an area of approximately 1.2 hectares (three acres). Prior to the Victorian era Shanklin was merely a small agricultural and fishing community, the latter nestling at the foot of the chine, and it was not until the early 19th century that it began to grow. Like most of the chines on the south of the Island, Shanklin Chine was well-used by smugglers. The Chine became one of the earliest tourist attractions on the Isle of Wight, with records of the public visiting the site to view it as far back as 1817. Keats found inspiration for some of his greatest poetry while staying at Shanklin in 1819 and wrote: "The wondrous Chine here is a very great Lion; I wish I had as many guineas as there have been spy-glasses in it." It was a favourite subject for artists including Thomas Rowlandson and Samuel Howitt. Descriptions of the site at the time are surprisingly similar to the present day. Shanklin Chine est un élément géologique et une attraction touristique de la ville de Shanklin, sur l? île de Wight, en Angleterre. Ravin côtier boisé, il contient des cascades, des arbres et une végétation luxuriante, avec des sentiers et des allées permettant un accès payant aux visiteurs et un centre du patrimoine qui explique son histoire. Une chine est un mot local pour un ruisseau qui se réduit en une falaise molle. La formation de la Chine, qui traverse les grès du Bas-Verts et du Crétacé, a eu lieu au cours des 10 000 dernières années. Dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, des pierres ont été posées au sommet de la cascade pour arrêter ce progrès. L'île de Wight compte un certain nombre de chines, mais le plus grand restant est Shanklin. // Circa 1870 // CDV, tirage albuminé, 6 x 10.5 cm, vintage albumen print // Format (cm): 6,5x10,5. N° de ref. del artículo PE2332
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