A pictorial and descriptive guide to Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport with excursions by river, road and sea . THE EDDYSTONE , 23 THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE 101 attention to the planning of another lighthouse, this timeof stone throughout. The material was prepared onland and then conveyed to the rock, where it was allput together in about sixteen weeks, and so securelycemented to the reef that it braved the storms of theEnglish Channel for nearly six score years. The removalof Smeatons tower was necessary not on account ofdefect or wear in the edifice itself, but
A pictorial and descriptive guide to Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport with excursions by river, road and sea . THE EDDYSTONE , 23 THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE 101 attention to the planning of another lighthouse, this timeof stone throughout. The material was prepared onland and then conveyed to the rock, where it was allput together in about sixteen weeks, and so securelycemented to the reef that it braved the storms of theEnglish Channel for nearly six score years. The removalof Smeatons tower was necessary not on account ofdefect or wear in the edifice itself, but owing to thedisintegration of a portion of the reef. The towerwas carefully removed and re-erected on the Hoe atPlymouth, where it may be seen by all (p. 55). The fourth and present lighthouse was completedearly in 1882, according to the design of Sir JamesDouglas. The lantern is 133 ft. above high-watermark, 50 ft. higher than Smeatons. The foundation-stone was laid on August 19, 1879, by the late Duke ofEdinburgh. The base is a solid mass of granite, cylin-drical, 20 ft. high and 44 ft. in diameter, and on thisplatform the tower is reared. The tower is
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