narrower and its water
therefore faster flowing.
The work wasn’t completed
until 1875, and in the
meantime Captain Matthew
Webb chose Westminster for
a swim in order to show he
was capable of swimming the
Channel, an idea then
dismissed as ludicrous.
Webb, born in Shropshire in
1848, had grown up a seeker
of adventure, daydreaming of
one day performing ‘a great
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