Smeaton's Lighthouse under construction on the Eddystone Rocks Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Sunday 3rd December 1989

Sunday 3rd December 1989

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Smeaton's Lighthouse under construction on the Eddystone Rocks Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Sunday 3rd December 1989Depiction of the third lighthouse built upon the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth. The third lighthouse was built following the destruction of earlier versions designed by Henry Winstanley (1644 1703), and John Rudyard (or Rudyerd; 1650 ca. 1718). The Royal Society recommended the civil engineer John Smeaton (1724 1792) for the job; his lighthouse was completed in 1759. Plate 14 of A narrative of the building and a description of the construction of the