The Eddystone Lighthouse, 1879
Engraving of the Eddystone lighthouse built by Smeaton in 1759 and the foundations of the new lighthouse, designed by Sir James Douglass. The Smeaton lighthouse was being replaced as its foundations had been eroded. Once the new Douglass lighthouse was complete, the Smeaton lighthouse was taken down and rebuilt on the Plymouth Hoe
Picture No
10216375
Media ID
46011643
Size
5646px x 4271px
(2.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Illustrated London News, 5 July 1879, page 12. By W.L. Wyllie
Date
1879
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