Memorial to Captain Webb (Cross-channel swimmer) - Dover
Dover, Kent, England - Memorial to Captain Matthew Webb (1848-1883) famous cross-channel swimmer, the first to achieve this feat between Dover and Calais in 1875. Webb tragically drowned at Niagara Falls attempting to swim through the whirlpool rapid
Picture No
11057966
Media ID
46681648
Size
3287px x 5264px
(1.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1911
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