The Eddystone Lighthouse is a lighthouse that is located on the Eddystone Rocks, 9 statute miles (14 km) south of Rame Head in Cornwall, England. The... 39 KB (4,206 words) - 07:23, 14 December 2023 |
Smeaton's Tower (redirect from Smeaton's lighthouse) is a redundant lighthouse, now a memorial to civil engineer John Smeaton, designer of the third and most notable Eddystone Lighthouse. A major step forward... 14 KB (1,499 words) - 01:07, 15 November 2023 |
Henry Winstanley (category Lighthouse builders) engineer and merchant who constructed the first Eddystone Lighthouse after losing two of his ships on the Eddystone rocks. He died while working on the project... 7 KB (828 words) - 09:03, 22 December 2023 |
Henry Hall (1661 – 8 December 1755) was a British lighthouse keeper who worked on the Eddystone Lighthouse, in the English county of Devon, some 9 statute... 8 KB (1,030 words) - 01:57, 26 January 2024 |
guitar. Edison Lighthouse was named after the Eddystone Lighthouse off the coast of Devon. The band later briefly dropped the Lighthouse and became just... 14 KB (1,088 words) - 06:34, 11 March 2024 |
Islands Eddystone Rock, Falklands Islands Solomon Islands Simbo, formerly Eddystone Island United Kingdom Eddystone Rocks, Devon Eddystone Lighthouse, Devon... 959 bytes (132 words) - 11:34, 12 April 2021 |
"Eddystone Lighthouse". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 5 December 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 3 July 2011 – via National Library of Australia. "Eddystone Point... 6 KB (619 words) - 09:29, 24 February 2024 |
Winstanley (1644–1703) designed and built the world's first offshore lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks in Devon, England between 1696 and 1698. Boasting of the... 27 KB (2,871 words) - 13:11, 21 April 2024 |
types, including Eddystone-UID, Eddystone-URL, and Eddystone-TLM. Eddystone-URL was used by the Physical Web project, whereas Eddystone-UID was typically... 9 KB (968 words) - 03:07, 1 April 2023 |
John Smeaton (category Lighthouse builders) influence. Recommended by the Royal Society, Smeaton designed the third Eddystone Lighthouse (1755–59). He pioneered the use of 'hydraulic lime' (a form of mortar... 28 KB (3,164 words) - 23:31, 2 April 2024 |
James Nicholas Douglass (category Lighthouse builders) engineer, a prolific lighthouse builder and designer, most famous for the design and construction of the fourth Eddystone Lighthouse, for which he was knighted... 9 KB (945 words) - 04:40, 19 February 2023 |
acquainted with engineer John Smeaton, the builder of the third Eddystone Lighthouse. The 1-mile-long (2 km) Breakwater in Plymouth Sound was designed... 176 KB (14,581 words) - 00:45, 24 April 2024 |
Bishop Rock (redirect from Bishop Rock Lighthouse) in Cornwall proposed that a lighthouse be built, similar to the Eddystone Lighthouse, upon Bishop Rock, given its location as the westernmost rock of... 28 KB (3,167 words) - 13:13, 29 December 2023 |
completion). While his designs were inspired by Smeaton's third Eddystone Lighthouse, Walker introduced new innovations, not least the use of vertical... 23 KB (2,962 words) - 15:28, 24 April 2024 |
Helipads on the flight deck of USS San Antonio Helipad atop the Eddystone Lighthouse offshore Rame Head Yorkshire Air Ambulance helicopter landing on... 7 KB (766 words) - 09:31, 27 February 2024 |
New Eddystone Rock an Alaskan island located in Behm Canal, about 40 miles (64 km) east of Ketchikan. It is a pillar of basalt.[citation needed] During... 8 KB (781 words) - 14:03, 3 December 2021 |
Dungeness (section Lighthouses) up-to-date lighthouse was built near the sea in 1792 by Samuel Wyatt. This lighthouse was 35 m (116 ft) high and of the same design as the third Eddystone Lighthouse... 27 KB (2,668 words) - 21:03, 5 February 2024 |
Replaced by Peninnis Lighthouse in 1911. Britain's only remaining medieval lighthouse. Rebuilt in Hartlepool in 1995. Moved from Eddystone to Plymouth Hoe... 128 KB (1,638 words) - 20:25, 20 October 2023 |
Wadebridge (section Eddystone Road) after cracks appeared in the rock on which the Eddystone Lighthouse was positioned, a new lighthouse was commissioned from James Nicholas Douglass. Granite... 29 KB (3,174 words) - 23:03, 27 October 2023 |