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: The lower-light room in the Eddystone lighthouse


The lower-light room in the Eddystone lighthouse

The lower-light room in the Eddystone lighthouse built on the Stone 13 miles South-east of Polperro, Cornwall, England, showing the twin Argand burners and reflectors (detail inset) which lighted the Hand Deeps rocks about three miles away. This is the fifth Eddystone lighthouse, designed by James Douglas, engineer to Trinity House, built between 1878 and 1892. Engraving from The Strand Magazine (London, 1892)

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13901830
Media ID
48455522
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6000px x 4680px (5.6MB)
Credit
World History Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
World History Archive

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Burners Eddystone Inset Lighted Lighthouse Polperro Reflectors South-east Strand Trinity


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