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What improvement to Plymouth’s water supply was organized by Sir Francis Drake?

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Portrait of Sir Francis Drake with a lace ruff collar, mustache, and short curly hair, painted in oil on panel. The background includes his name in gold lettering. — Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake, oil on panel, after an engraving attributed to Jodocus Hondius, c. 1583; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

While serving as the mayor of Plymouth in 1581, Sir Francis Drake organized a water supply system for the city. This infrastructure project was highly effective, successfully serving the needs of the city for 300 years.1