General Information
| Other name(s): | Smeaton's Tower |
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| Beginning of works: | 12 June 1756 |
| Completion: | 16 October 1759 |
| Status: | out of service |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Lighthouse |
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| Material: |
Load-bearing masonry tower Concrete tower |
Awards and Distinctions
| 1991 |
for registered users |
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Location
| Location: |
Plymouth, Devon, South West England, England, United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates: | 50° 21' 51.71" N 4° 8' 30.68" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 21.95 m | |
| diameter at base | 8 m | |
| diameter at top | 5 m |
Materials
| tower |
masonry
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Chronology
| 1878 — 1882 | Relocated to another small island nearby. |
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Notes
The top section of Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse was re-erected on Plymouth Hoe and is still there. It is the logo of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Its construction included the first use of concrete since the fall of the Roman Empire.
Participants
Design
- John Smeaton (civil engineer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 161.
- Classic projects: Smeaton's Tower. In: Engineering & Technology, v. 8, n. 4 (1 May 2013), pp. 102-103.
- (2016): Modelling the Eddystone Lighthouse response to wave loading. In: Engineering Structures, v. 125 (October 2016), pp. 566-578.
- (1884): The New Eddystone Lighthouse. In: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 75, n. 1884-1 ( 1884), pp. 20-36.
- (1878): Note on the Eddystone Lighthouse. In: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 53, n. 1878-3 ( 1878), pp. 247-248.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20000130 - Published on:
13/04/1999 - Last updated on:
07/10/2015
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