Editing Onchan (section)

==20th century development==
[[File:Onchan Head - geograph.org.uk - 78970.jpg|thumb|right|Onchan Head from the sea]]
In the early 20th century the [[Port Jack Halt|Port Jack]] area was being developed in connection with the Douglas Bay Estate Company's promotion of land sales on the Howstrake Farm. They also built an electric urban railway which later became a coastal railway to [[Ramsey, Isle of Man|Ramsey]]. There was then a mixture of private houses, terraced houses and guest houses to take the overflow of visitors to Douglas. There was further development in the 1930s.<ref name="Oncanhistory-growth1">{{cite news
  | title = A Short History of Onchan - The Growth of Onchan up to the Second World War
  | publisher = Onchan Online
  | url = http://www.onchanorg.im/onchan_history/short_history/gowth1.php
  | access-date = 2008-10-01
  }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  During the Victorian and Edwardian tourism boom Onchan made a bid to become the island's second resort, encouraging the building of hotels and guest houses. The [[Manx Electric Railway]] was constructed in 1893, but never achieved its goal of connecting with the heart of Douglas for commuter journeys. In the early 20th century Lower Onchan, around the Port Jack area, was the first area on the island to have electric-powered street lighting, powered by the Manx Electric Railway generators.<ref name="IOMT-Onchan">
{{cite news
 |title       = Out and about in Onchan
 |publisher   = Isle of Man Tourism
 |url         = http://www.isleofman.com/Tourism/Introduction/Towns/Onchan.aspx
 |access-date  = 2008-10-01
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080924142823/http://www.isleofman.com/Tourism/Introduction/Towns/Onchan.aspx
 |archive-date = 2008-09-24
}}</ref>  After [[World War II]] development gradually continued, and in the 1960s the village commissioners built local authority housing.<ref name="Oncanhistory-growth2">{{cite news
  | title = A Short History of Onchan - The Growth of Onchan from the Second World War to Today
  | publisher = Onchan Online
  | url = http://www.onchanorg.im/onchan_history/short_history/gowth2.php
  | access-date = 2008-10-01
  }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>