Alum Chine
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Alum Chine is the largest chine in Bournemouth, England.[1] The gorge was crossed by a suspension bridge by the early part of the twentieth century.
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  Alum Chine Bournemouth, Dorset. | |
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| Coordinates | 50.714°N 1.900°W |
History
In early maps the place was often transposed with Durley Chine.
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During the Bournemouth Blitz in the Second World War, Robert Louis Stevenson's house Skerryvore, at the head of the chine, was severely damaged by bombs during a destructive and lethal raid on Bournemouth on the night of 15–16 November 1940. Despite a campaign to save it, the building was demolished.[2]