World / United Kingdom / England / Plymouth, 2 km from center Coordinates: 50°21'51"N   4°8'30"W

Smeaton's Tower

Smeaton's Tower (Plymouth)


Red and White striped lighthouse
...well psychodelic

This is actually the old Eddystone Lighthouse, moved here when the present lighthouse was built.
While in use, Smeaton's lighthouse was 59 feet (18 metres) in height, and had a diameter at the base of 26 feet (8 metres) and at the top of 17 feet (5 metres). The foundations and stub of the old tower remain on the Eddystone Rocks, situated close to the new (and more solid) foundations of the current lighthouse[2] - the foundations proved too strong to be dismantled so the Victorians left them where they stood (the irony of this lighthouse is that although the previous two were destroyed, this one proved to be stronger than the rock upon which it was built and could not even be intentionally taken apart).

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