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West Hartlepool Lifeboat Station

West Hartlepool Lifeboat Station in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit
1 h–3 h
Best time of year
Summer (Jun–Aug)

About

West Hartlepool Lifeboat Station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

West Hartlepool Lifeboat Station consisted of two lifeboat stations, located near to the harbour town of Hartlepool, in County Durham. A lifeboat was first stationed to the south of the town in 1847 by the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company at Stranton Beach, In 1854, a second lifeboat was placed near the Harbour Masters Office at Hartlepool Docks. Both stations were transferred to the management of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1869. The No.1 station was closed in 1894, leaving the No.2 station as the primary station, until it too was closed in 1906.

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Background

History

Under the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847, companies operating Dock facilities were required by Act of parliament to provide a lifeboat, as directed: Thus it was in 1847, that West Hartlepool Lifeboat Station (No.1) was established at Stranton Beach, near to the West Hartlepool Iron Works overlooking Hartlepool Bay, by the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company (later to become the West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company in 1853). A boathouse was constructed, and a 30-foot 12-oared lifeboat was built by John Cambridge of Hartlepool. In 1854, the boathouse at Stranton Beach was reconstructed, and a second lifeboat station (No.2) was established on the south side of the Hartlepool…

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Coordinates
54.6773, -1.1980
Address
| location_city = West Hartlepool, County Durham,
Established
1847

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Where is West Hartlepool Lifeboat Station?
West Hartlepool Lifeboat Station is in North-East England, United Kingdom.
When was West Hartlepool Lifeboat Station built?
Built or established in 1847.
Who owns West Hartlepool Lifeboat Station?
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