The view from the old Penlee RNLI Lifeboat Station, 23rd September 2015

A black and white fine art photographic print entitled 'The view from the old Penlee RNLI Lifeboat Station, 23rd September 2015', taken by Jack Lowe as part of the The Lifeboat Station project. This photograph was taken using the wet-plate collodion process.

On 19th December 1981, Penlee RNLI station lost all 8 crew members of the 'Solomon Browne', along with 8 people aboard the vessel they were attempting to rescue, the 'Union Star'. This photograph was taken in the boathouse of the old Penlee station that hasn't been used since that night.