What is recorded here
This white commemorative plaque records: This plaque commemorates the centenary of the extension of the Volk's Electric Railway to Black Rock 1901-2001
Magnus Volk was a pioneering electrical engineer who built the world's first operational electric railway in Brighton, England, in 1883; the extension to Black Rock further demonstrated early innovation in electric transportation.
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