Samuel Plimsoll blue plaque

Sheffield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

Samuel Plimsoll's House. Directly opposite this plaque was the childhood home of Samuel Plimsoll (1824-1898) who went on to achieve national renown in 1875 with the embodiment in law of the Uniform Loading Line (The Plimsoll Line). In the same year a new type of canvas sole with a rubber band was na

med 'Plimsoll' in his honour.

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