John Smeaton's Eddystone lighthouse designs shown in Leeds. 29 October 2023. Share Save. Share Save. Leeds Museums and Galleries. The book was first published in 1791 and dedicated to King George III.

The brass memorial to John Smeaton, whose use of interlocking stone blocks revolutionised lighthouse design, was mislaid during renovations sometime in the early 2000s.

Born three hundred years ago, John Smeaton was the first person to call himself a civil engineer, whose design for the third Eddystone Lighthouse has ensured his immortality. One of the great names in ...

Rosemary Hill discusses John Smeaton’s ingenious design for the reconstructed Eddystone lighthouse (LRB, 16 February).She doesn’t mention that in order to anchor the lighthouse securely at the base, ...

John Smeaton is known in this part of the world on account of the fine lighthouse he designed for the Eddystone Reef. plymouthherald Load mobile navigation. News.

And Smeaton had a lot to boast about. This was the man who dramatically stopped London Bridge from falling down, built the most iconic wave-washed lighthouse in the world and was eventually name ...

The brass memorial to John Smeaton was removed during renovations sometime in the early 2000s. Mislaid plaque returned to Plymouth lighthouse Skip to main content ...

As Plymothians, the sight of a lighthouse 100 metres inshore doesn't phase us in the slightest. Objectively speaking though it's actually fairly odd. Lighthouses are coastal beasts and usually ...

Sketches of the Eddystone lighthouse are featured in a book of Smeaton's work, which is on show at Leeds Industrial Museum. It also includes a first-hand account of building the structure off the ...

Detailed plans for one of the UK's most famous lighthouses have gone on display in the hometown of its designer and "genius" engineer John Smeaton. Sketches of the Eddystone lighthouse are ...