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Vale Street
淡水河谷街
Totterdown is a hilly district and it includes probably the steepest residential street in the world.
Maybe not the world’s, but Vale Street is quite a darn steep.
Almost all the houses on this street had been built at the end of the 19th century.
A great example is the famous „Three Lamps’’,
but later many houses and important businesses were devastated because of a planning decision that was taken in 1970.
This section of the area offers an amazing overview of Totterdown for anyone new to the place and provides some useful contacts for established residents.
Totterdown是一個丘陵地帶,河谷相當陡峭.它可能是世界上數一數二的陡峭住宅街道之一。
也許不是世界級的,但淡水河谷街是一個相當陡峭的街道。
這條街上幾乎所有的房子都是在19世紀末建成的。 一個很好的例子是著名的“三燈”建築,
後來許多房屋和重要業務因為1970年的規劃決定而遭到破壞。
This steep street is only about 200 yards long and flanked by terraced houses in this highly populated part of Bristol.
However, what makes this road to be really interesting is it steepness. Some people had measured it and realized that is steeper than 1:3,
at around 35%. The tourists enjoy some unique experiences when visiting the street.
And if you have driven up it in Front wheel drive cars than you can see how driven wheels skid even in the dry,
if the car does not include a decent amount of power it simply won't make it up.
這條陡峭的街道大約有200碼長,兩側是布里斯托爾這個人口稠密的部分的露台。
然而,這條道路最有趣就是陡峭。而有人測量過比1:3更陡,大約在35%左右。
遊客在遊覽街道時可以享受一些獨特的體驗。
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