Volume One - Into the Victorian Age - A technological development of great value to mariners of all nations . . .

The plaque [001] at Lavernock Point, near Penarth, commemorating the first transmission over sea and the OS map from 1833 [010] showing the location of Lavernock in relation to the island of Flat Holm, a distance of 3.3 miles across the Bristol Channel. I wonder how many thousands of lives have been saved by this invention? I felt it echoed the achievements of Samuel Plimsoll and although not directly associated with Penarth Dock, its nearby location and the advancement it brought of ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore communication was worthy of inclusion.