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- THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 20TH CENTURY – DRAKE’S ISLAND, PLYMOUTH AND THE ROUTLEDGES
- THE 1890’s, THE ROUTLEDGE FAMILY GROWS, DRAKE’S ISLAND GETS SEARCHLIGHTS, BREECH LOADING GUNS AND MORE BABIES, THE THREE TOWNS GROW, NEW RESERVOIRS BUILT, TRAMS BEGIN OPERATING, RAILWAYS EXPAND, THEATRES OPEN AND ELECTRICITY ARRIVES
- THE 1880’S, SMEATON’S TOWER AND DRAKE’S STATUE ARE ERECTED ON THE HOE, HMS HOWE REPLACES THE IMPREGNABLE AND THE ROUTLEDGE FAMILY SUFFERS TRAGEDY
- THE 1870’S, THE ROUTLEDGE FAMILY EXPANDS ALONGSIDE THE THREE TOWNS AND THERE IS A MUTINY ON DRAKE’S ISLAND
- 1861 to 1871 The Routledges, The Palmerston Forts and a Massive Hoax on the Hoe