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The Washbourne Memorial Fishermen's Capstan

The Washbourne Memorial Fishermen's Capstan

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The Washbourne Memorial Fishermen's Capstan

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Location: Beer, East Devon, Devon, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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Stephen

October 29, 2024

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A readymade capstan located in the small seafront garden area, as a memorial to fishermen who used to manually haul the boats up onto the shingle using the capstan. (It took up to 20 men to help with this task.) These days there is a mechanical winch.

MCW73

November 29, 2024

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It would take 20 fishermen to operate this before the new winch was installed

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