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| lifeboat, Whitehaven | ||
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| Lifeboat House | ||
| Street:- | Tangier Street | |
| locality:- | Whitehaven | |
| civil parish:- | Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | lifeboat station | |
| coordinates:- | NX974184 | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9718 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
| references:- | Jollie 1811 |
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| evidence:- | old directory:- Jollie 1811 placename:- Lifeboat House |
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| source data:- | Guide book, Jollie's Cumberland Guide and Directory, published
by Francis Jollie and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1811. "Lifeboat House, Tangier Street" |
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| notes:- |
The third person to be the inventor of 'the lifeboat' was Henry Greathead, shipwright,
South Shields, Northumberland. Following a competition sponsored by The Gentlemen
of Lawe House, South Shields, he was told to build a purpose built lifeboat including
the best features of various entries. The result was the 'Original'. This incorporated
two important faetures from the earlier inventors: the extensive use of cork, as in
Lionel Lukin's design of an unimmergible, 1785; and a high bow and stern making a
shape like an orange segment, from William Wouldhave's self righting design about
1789. More than 30 of these lifeboats were built, one of which was sent to Whitehaven. |
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