The Eddystone Lighthouse of 1698
Eddystone lighthouse, built by Henry Winstanley in 1698, which was destroyed in a storm in 1703. Winstanley, a London merchant, had lost a number of ships on the Eddystone rocks and was the first to build a lighthouse there
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10216376
Media ID
46011650
Size
3922px x 5874px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration in The Graphic', 19 October 1895, page 479
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