Memorial to Captain Webb
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Memorial to Captain Webb
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 12 Sep 2020
Capt Matthew Webb, a Dawley man, was born in 1848, and became the first man to swim the English Channel in 1875. He died a few years later in what is best described as a 'less well advised' attempt to swim through a set of rapids below the Niagara Falls. The memorial here was erected in 1909, and is now Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101206663-monument-to-captain-webb-great-dawley#.X2Ue5WhKjIU & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1206663
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Image Location
Latitude
52.663576
Longitude
-2.466891