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Pictures from the past
Monday 11th January 2010, 8:53AM GMT.
Fancy a swim? You’re right probably not a good idea. This picture was used in the Illustrated London News in 1883 after the death of Shropshire swimming hero, Dawley-born Captain Matthew Webb, in these waters. It shows the lower rapids at Niagara Falls including the whirlpool which claimed his life. Has anybody ever successfully swum these waters? Frankly, we don’t know.
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I’m pretty sure the picture shows Coleham Head and was taken from English Bridge, and that the building signed “SWAN DARLINGTON VAULTS” is where the Samaritans are based (now known as Swan House).
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