Samuel Lake blue plaque

Dartmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Awarded: 1866: the Gold Albert Medal, 1881: the RNLI highest award, 1887: posthumously, the Swedish Gold Medal, for saving over 450 lives at sea off Bombay, Milford Haven and Corsica. Samuel Lake 1842-1887 He pioneered Britain's first steam trawlers and pre-formed poured-concrete houses. He was a to

wn councillor and advanced Dartmouth's bunkering trade. He planned and promoted this fine Embankment.

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