TOP 5 LIGHTHOUSES
Jul 15, 2021
3 minutes
EDDYSTONE
The four engineers behind Eddystone’s four iterations laid down the principles for rock lighthouses to be replicated around these shores.
Eddystone Rocks lie 13 miles south of Plymouth; the reef is submerged in high spring tides, which made entry into one of the country’s most important ports highly perilous. Henry Winstanley, a 17th-century merchant, smarting from the loss of two ships, was outraged that boats weren’t warned of this hazard. Funded by Trinity House, in 1696, the confection that arose out
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