![](http://www.alamy.com/thumbs/6/204261AB-BD03-4E65-A56F-02CB52336408/D95PCY.jpg)
The fourth Eddystone lighthouse in heavy seas. Built on the Stone 13 miles South-east of Polperro, Cornwall, England, which claimed up to 50 ships a year. Built by the English civil engineer John Smeaton (1724-1792) beginning in 1756 it was in operation for 127 years. Engraving from 'The Gallery of Nature and Art' by the Rev. Edward Polehampton (London, 1814).
The fourth Eddystone lighthouse in heavy seas. Built on the Stone 13 miles South-east of Polperro, Cornwall, England, which claimed up to 50 ships a year. Built by the English civil engineer John Smeaton (1724-1792) beginning in 1756 it was in operation for 127 years. Engraving from 'The Gallery of Nature and Art' by the Rev. Edward Polehampton (London, 1814).
Size: 6000px × 3357px
Location:
Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., 13, 50, archival, archive, britain, built, civil, claimed, cornwall, eddystone, engineer, engineering, england, english, fourth, heavy, historical, history, john, lighthouse, miles, polperro, safety, seas, seas., shipping, ships, shipwreck, smeaton, south-east, stone, warning, year.