Abandoned Life Boat Station Polpeor Cove. The Lizard Stock Photo

This is the third and final lifeboat station at Polpeor Cove the Lizard Cornwall. Englands most southerly point Completed in 1914 the large concrete building had an inner grated slipway. The lifeboat launched straight into the sea but this could be dangerous in rough seas.to relaunch they had a recovery system where ropes were placed around a natural rock pillar in the sea to turn the stern of the boat towards the land a giant wheel at the rear of the station was used to winch it in. In 1985 it became too expensive to keep it open