A Line in the Water
― Photographer John Legge posted this image on the Visit Derby ∙ web site in honor of Samuel Plimsoll's life-saving contribution.Early this morning, I heard a story on the 99% Invisible design program, in which Roman Mars expressed his admiration for the elegant design of the Plimsoll Line. In looking for the program online, I also found a very nice 2008 BBC story about Samuel Plimsoll's political struggle to get a simple line painted on ships. ∙ The simple line is a triumph of [...].
