Difference between revisions of "Eddystone Lighthouse"

<p> Situated on a low reef of rocks submerged at high tide, 14 m. SW. of Plymouth; first built of wood by Winstanley, 1696; destroyed by a storm in 1703; rebuilt of wood on a stone base by Rudyard; burnt in 1755, and reconstructed by Smeaton of solid stone; the present edifice, on a different site, was completed by Sir James [[Douglas]] in 1882, is 133 ft. in height, and has a light visible 17½ m. off. </p>

<p> Situated on a low reef of rocks submerged at high tide, 14 m. SW. of Plymouth; first built of wood by Winstanley, 1696; destroyed by a storm in 1703; rebuilt of wood on a stone base by Rudyard; burnt in 1755, and reconstructed by Smeaton of solid stone; the present edifice, on a different site, was completed by Sir James [[Douglas]] in 1882, is 133 ft. in height, and has a light visible 17½ m. off. </p>

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<ref name="term_72758"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/eddystone+lighthouse Eddystone Lighthouse from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>

<ref name="term_72758"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/eddystone+lighthouse Eddystone Lighthouse from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>

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