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    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...
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    shipwrecks on the rocks of the north coast of France "Eddystone Lighthouse History". Eddystone Tatler Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 May 2006. Retrieved...
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    rocks or reefs. The Eddystone Rocks were a major shipwreck hazard for mariners sailing through the English Channel. The first lighthouse built there was an...
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    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...
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    people of Plymouth paid for the dismantling of the Smeaton Lighthouse from the red rocks of Eddystone and its reassembly at Plymouth Hoe, where it is a popular...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    guitar. Edison Lighthouse was named after the Eddystone Lighthouse off the coast of Devon. The band later briefly dropped the Lighthouse and became just...
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  • Islands Eddystone Rock, Falklands Islands Solomon Islands Simbo, formerly Eddystone Island United Kingdom Eddystone Rocks, Devon Eddystone Lighthouse, Devon...
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    "Eddystone Lighthouse". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 5 December 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 3 July 2011 – via National Library of Australia. "Eddystone Point...
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  • 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...
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  • types, including Eddystone-UID, Eddystone-URL, and Eddystone-TLM. Eddystone-URL was used by the Physical Web project, whereas Eddystone-UID was typically...
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    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...
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    Stevenson as chief assistant. The design was based on the earlier Eddystone Lighthouse, which had been designed by John Smeaton, and which Stevenson had...
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    primarily the Delaware River. Eddystone took its name from William Simpson, who was so impressed by the Eddystone Lighthouse on a visit to England that he...
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    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...
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    acquainted with engineer John Smeaton, the builder of the third Eddystone Lighthouse. The 1-mile-long (2 km) Breakwater in Plymouth Sound was designed...
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    in Cornwall proposed that a lighthouse be built, similar to the Eddystone Lighthouse, upon Bishop Rock, given its location as the westernmost rock of...
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    Royal Navy ships anchored along the south coast were lost. The first Eddystone Lighthouse off Plymouth was destroyed on 8 December [O.S. 27 November], killing...
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    completion). While his designs were inspired by Smeaton's third Eddystone Lighthouse, Walker introduced new innovations, not least the use of vertical...
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    Admiralty's Second Secretary. A monument to him; a replica of the third Eddystone Lighthouse, stands on Hoad Hill overlooking the town. Norman Birkett, 1st Baron...
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    forward in the design of lighthouses meant for particularly dangerous areas; the Eddystone Lighthouse and Fastnet Lighthouse are examples of the durable...
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    Helipads on the flight deck of USS San Antonio Helipad atop the Eddystone Lighthouse offshore Rame Head Yorkshire Air Ambulance helicopter landing on...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Replaced by Peninnis Lighthouse in 1911. Britain's only remaining medieval lighthouse. Rebuilt in Hartlepool in 1995. Moved from Eddystone to Plymouth Hoe...
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    self-proclaimed civil engineer was John Smeaton, who constructed the Eddystone Lighthouse. In 1771 Smeaton and some of his colleagues formed the Smeatonian...
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    Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse. John Smeaton is credited with pioneering hydraulic lime in the 18th century, which led to the development of Portland cement...
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    after cracks appeared in the rock on which the Eddystone Lighthouse was positioned, a new lighthouse was commissioned from James Nicholas Douglass. Granite...
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    This is the upper portion of John Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse, which was originally built on the Eddystone Rocks, located 14 miles (22.5 km) to the south...
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