At the Frederick Walker's " Harbour of Refuge " 2, 580 gns . were paid ( Tatham sale ) and 2, 700 gns . for his " Marlow Ferry " ( Holland ).
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However, before WW1 Dover was intended to be the harbour of refuge for the Royal Navy's Channel Fleet, and so it was apparently feared that there would be little room left for coal ships.
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Attempts throughout the 1850s, 1870s and 1880s to attract a series of railways and develop a harbour of refuge all came to nothing . ( Railway connections to Stratford, and Arkona, Ontario were all proposed ).
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He supported many good causes including services to the poor in London and marine safety, including the efforts of Samuel Plimsoll and proposals for harbours of refuge and a system of linked floating relief stations around the globe.
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In January 1867 following a series of bad storms and shipwrecks at Mullion resulting in several drownings an important Public Meeting was held in Mullion Village chaired by Rev . Harvey with calls both for a Lifeboat to be sited at Mullion and consideration being given to the formation of a Harbour of Refuge in the Cove itself.
