Eddystone wooden lighthouse c1750 - John Rudyard (or Rudyerd) 1650-c1718 - designed this lighthouse as a conical wooden structure around a core of brick and concrete for Captain John Lovett who acquired the lease of the rock, and was allowed to charge passing ships a toll of one penny per ton. On the night of 2 December 1755 it burnt down when a lantern caught fire. The three keepers were rescued but one of them Henry Hall,aged 94, died several days later from ingesting molten lead from the roof. The piece of lead was removed from his body and is in the National Museums of Scotland.

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