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	Lighthouse - LoveToKnow 1911
		The lighthouse was constructed by Robert Stevenson and is 100 ft. in height, the solid portion being carried to a height of 21 ft. above high water.
		The screw pile lighthouse erected on the Maplin Sand in the estuary of the river Thames in 1838 is the earliest of its kind and served as a model for numerous similar structures in various parts of the world.
		It was erected at the Chassiron lighthouse in 1827 (fig.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Lighthouse (13713 words)

	Trinity House \| Interactive \| Gallery \| Eddystone Lighthouse
		The most famous lighthouse in the British Isles is probably the Eddystone, built on a small and very dangerous rock 13 miles south west of Plymouth.
		The next man to get a patent charter for the Eddystone was a Captain Lovett who acquired the lease of the rock for 99 years, and by an Act of Parliament he was allowed to charge all ships passing a toll of 1d per ton, both inward and outward.
		Eddystone Lighthouse is now monitored and controlled from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre at Harwich in Essex.
	www.trinityhouse.co.uk /interactive/gallery/eddystone.html (1184 words)

	Eddystone Lighthouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One of the keepers, Henry Hall, who was 94 years old but said to be `of good constitution and active for his years', found that a spark from a chimney had set the roof alight.
		The third lighthouse, known as Smeaton's Tower, was perhaps the most notable as it marked a major step forward in the design of such structures.
		Recommended to the task by the Royal Society, civil engineer John Smeaton pioneered the use of 'hydraulic lime' (a form of concrete) and developed a technique involving dovetailed blocks of granite in the building of the lighthouse (1756-1759).
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eddystone_Lighthouse (517 words)

	Lighthouses
		In England beacons burning in church towers served as lighthouses until the 17th century, and in the earliest lighthouses, such as the Eddystone, first built in 1698, open fires or candles were used.
		The Eddystone had always been a dangerous rock for shipping entering the Channel, and for centuries there had been suggestions for lighting it in some way so that mariners might be warned.
		Winstanley began building the first Eddystone Lighthouse on July 14th 1696, when William the Third was on the throne, and the first summer was spent in making twelve holes in the rock and fastening twelve great irons to hold the work that was to be done afterwards.
	www.fatbadgers.co.uk /Britain/light.htm (1316 words)

	Encyclopedia: Eddystone Lighthouse
		The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire.
		Eddystone is a group of rocks about 14 miles off the coast of England southwest of Plymouth, on which there is an important lighthouse (Eddystone Lighthouse) indicating the approaches to the English Channel.
		The lighthouse inspired the shanty that begins Sea shanties (singular shanty, also spelled chantey; derived from the French word chanter, to sing) were shipboard working songs.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Eddystone-Lighthouse (1213 words)

	Eddystone Lighthouse -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Eddystone Lighthouse is a (A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships) lighthouse off the coast of (A county in southwestern England) Devon, (A division of the United Kingdom) England.
		His lighthouse (the shape modelled on that of an (A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves) oak tree) remained in use until 1877 when it was discovered that the rocks upon which it stood were becoming eroded.
		The lighthouse was dismantled and partially rebuilt at (Click link for more info and facts about Plymouth Hoe) Plymouth Hoe as a memorial.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ed/eddystone_lighthouse.htm (541 words)

	Eddystone, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Eddystone is a borough located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
		Eddystone was the site of the Baldwin Locomotive Works plant, the largest manufacturer of steam locomotives in the world.
		Eddystone gets it's name from the English Pilgrims who settled in America - the Eddystone Lighthouse being the main lighthouse off the coast of Plymouth, where the Mayflower departed.
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Eddystone,_Pennsylvania (479 words)

	Eddystone Lighthouse Information (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Eddystone Lighthouse) along with the remnants of previous lighthouses, indicating the approaches to the English Channel.
		The Eddystone is the approximate boundary between the cold water fish of northern europe and the warm waters fish of more southerly lattitudes.
		The term "Foundations of Eddystone" was used as a chapter title in Frederick Vaughan's ''The Canadian Federalist Experiment: from Defiant Monarchy to Reluctant Republic'' (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003).
	www.echostatic.com /Eddystone_Lighthouse.html (140 words)

	Some History on Eddystone
		The Lighthouse was near the town of Plymouth and was the third lighthouse to stand on the Eddystone Reef.
		Lighthouse Hall is one of the institutions of the County.
		All of the Eddystone School was torn down except for the additions from the 1950’s, which consisted of the cafeteria and kitchen, two large home economic rooms and a science room.
	www.ridleytownshiphistory.com /eddystone_history.htm (12761 words)

	Eddystone Lighthouse - Great Britain And Ireland
		Shortly after the demolition of the tower, the reef, as if enraged at having been denied a number of victims owing to the existence of the warning light, trapt the "Winchelsea" as she was swinging up Channel, and smashed her to atoms, with enormous loss of life.
		Altho the first attempt to conquer the Eddystone had terminated so disastrously, it was not long before another effort was made to mark the reef.
		The lighthouse had been standing for 120 years when ominous reports were received by the Trinity Brethren concerning the stability of the tower.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles13/travel-52.shtml (1881 words)

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		Eddystone, lighthouse, 135 ft (41 m) high, on dangerous rocks in the English Channel, S of Plymouth, SW England.
		It is the fourth lighthouse on the site (the first was begun in 1696) built between 1878 and 1882 and designed by James Douglas.
		New light on Eddystone: Alison Barnes reveals a new discovery about the Eddystone lighthouse: the first of its kind to be built on rocks in the sea.(FRONTLINE)
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Eddystone (827 words)

	Eddystone Lighthouse (+1703) WRECK
		The lighthouse contained, besides a kitchen and accommodation for the keepers, a stateroom, finely carved and painted, with a chimney, two closets, and two windows.
		The Eddystone Lighthouse was the first lighthouse to be built on a small group of rocks in the open sea and resulted in a few disasters until the present lighthouse which stands there today.
		The light on the Eddystone was first lit on the 14th of November 1698, and although the lighthouse survived that first winter it was found to be badly in need of repair.
	www.wrecksite.eu /wreck.aspx?17432 (1219 words)

	Lighthouse Funfacts
		However, at the Bell Rock lighthouse in Scotland, Robert Stevenson built a lighthouse on a rock that was sometimes beneath the level of high tide.
		Lighthouse keepers used to catch fish by flying a kite from the balcony of their lighthouses.
		The Sambro lighthouse at the entrance to Halifax Harbour in Canada is thought to be the oldest still in use in north America.
	www.titanic-nautical.com /Lighthouses-Lighthouse-Funfacts.html (1610 words)

	Eddystone: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		New Light on Eddystone: Alison Barnes Reveals a New Discovery about the Eddystone Lighthouse: The First of Its Kind to Be Built...MILES SOUTH-WEST of Plymouth lies the treacherous Eddystone reef, a collection of shark-tooth rocks upon which...
		At sea the Eddystone Lighthouse with its 120ft tower was swept away and the six people in it were killed.
		EDDYSTONE ed ist n, lighthouse, 135 ft (41 m) high, on dangerous rocks in the English Channel, S of Plymouth, SW England.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/eddystone.jsp (1380 words)

	Admiralty Digital Products (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first lighthouse to be erected in the open sea is thought to be the Eddystone Lighthouse.
		The next lighthouse on the Eddystone rock was built by John Smeaton and completed in 1759.
		Whilst some land based lighthouses had been automated as early as 1910, with the introduction of acetylene gas powered lights controlled by sun valves, Eddystone was the first Trinity House rock lighthouse to be converted to automatic operation.
	www.ukho.gov.uk /ADLL_Demo/webfiles/light2e.htm (517 words)

	Northwood Lighthouse, Ohio at Lighthousefriends.com
		Built on the Eddystone Rocks, a dangerous reef eight miles from Rame Head, Cornwall, it was the first lighthouse to be built on an exposed rock in the open ocean.
		The Eddystone Lighthouse that stands on the Eddystone Rocks today is the fifth tower, built by James Douglass in 1882.
		The best way to see the lighthouse from land is to play a round of golf at the Northmoor Golf Course, located adjacent to the lighthouse.
	www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=849 (512 words)

	Navis.gr - Lighthouse
		The history of lighthouses is filled with tales of lighthouse keepers, the men who once lived in or near the lighthouse whose light it was their responsibility to keep burning.
		Lighthouses are built on shore, on offshore reefs, or are moored in the seabed.
		Because lighthouses, lightships, and buoys are often located in remote, hard-to-reach places, the power used to operate them is usually derived from diesel generators located at the site or, in the case of buoys, from replaceable electric batteries.
	www.navis.gr /navaids/lhouse.htm (1186 words)

	Lighthouse Ratings.com - Quiz # 2 Lighthouse Artists and Writers
		Transcendentalist writer who visited this lighthouse a few times in the 1850's and wrote that erosion would put an end to the lighthouse in less than forty years.
		"Lighthouse Hill" is said to have been the source of influence that Alfred Hitchcock used for the visual of the "Bate's Motel" up on the hill in the movie "Psycho".
		This lighthouse was the first actual/real life lighthouse that he depicted in one of his paintings.
	www.lighthouseratings.com /Artists (685 words)

	The Eddystone Lighthouse by Harbour Lights
		They told him the Eddystone was impossible to mark: it was only 30 feet across and barely rose out of the waves at high tide with a 30 degree slope.
		It is Winstanley's Eddystone, and all that it stands for, that was chosen to commemorate Harbour Lights ten year anniversary.
		With each lighthouse, lessons were learned and applied to the next, until today's replicas display an exquisite attention to the smallest of details, capturing a realism that was once considered unattainable.
	www.harbourlights.com /catalog/2001/hl_eddystone.htm (664 words)

	Bellrock.org.uk : Lighthouse : Construct
		Because of this Stevenson knew that the lower courses of the lighthouse which were covered by high tides could not be left to their own weight and gravity alone to secure them in position.
		Another variation from Smeaton, who used chains to secure his arched roofs at Eddystone Lighthouse, was in the construction of the roofs/floors of the courses of the Bell's upper rooms.
		"The floors of the Eddystone lighthouse, on the contrary, were constructed in an arched form, and the haunches of the arches bound with chains to prevent their pressing outwards, to the detriment of the walls.
	www.bellrock.org.uk /lighthouse/lighthouse_construct.htm (2281 words)

	No. 1523: Lighthouses and Cabooses
		Lighthouses call up the romance of the sea just as powerfully as cabooses complete the image of railroading in our mind's eye.
		Lighthouses are used to mark all kinds of dangers to shipping at night -- sea-crossings, rocks, major landfalls.
		Lighthouse construction started moving again in 1698 when the English had to warn ships away from the Eddystone rocks, fourteen miles southwest of Plymouth.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi1523.htm (552 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Eddystone lights candles on 300th birthday
		Britain's most famous lighthouse, the Eddystone, is celebrating its 300th birthday.
		It was the first lighthouse to be automated and lose its keepers, as part of a cost-saving programme in 1982.
		The first face of Eddystone was an eccentric wooden tower built by showman Henry Winstanley in 1968.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/213060.stm (446 words)

	SOME AMAZING FACTS ABOUT LIGHTHOUSES
		However, at the Bell Rock lighthouse in Scotland, Robert Stevenson built a lighthouse on a rock that was sometimes beneath the level of high tide.
		Lighthouse keepers used to catch fish by flying a kite from the balcony of their lighthouses.
		The Sambro lighthouse at the entrance to Halifax Harbour in Canada is thought to be the oldest still in use in north America.
	www.btinternet.com /~k.trethewey/amazing_facts.htm (1560 words)

	The Eddystone Lighthouse by Harbour Lights
		They told him the Eddystone was impossible to mark: it was only 30 feet across and barely rose out of the waves at high tide with a 30 degree slope.
		It is Winstanley's Eddystone, and all that it stands for, that was chosen to commemorate Harbour Lights ten year anniversary.
		With each lighthouse, lessons were learned and applied to the next, until today's replicas display an exquisite attention to the smallest of details, capturing a realism that was once considered unattainable.
	www.harbourlightsarchives.com /catalog/2001/hl_eddystone.htm (664 words)

	Eddystone
		The next Eddystone lighthouse was built by ‘the father of civil engineering’, John Smeaton.
		His design was to be the template for future lighthouse design and introduced several important ideas and principles.
		Rather than the conical towers of previous lighthouses, Smeaton used the analogy of an oak tree for the tower – a tapered base to provide maximum solidity on the rock.
	www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk /studentwebs/session3/46/eddystone.htm (702 words)

	Eddystone Lighthouse -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The first lighthouse (1696–99), built of timber, was swept away with its designer, Henry Winstanley, by the great storm of 1703.
		The lead in establishing new lighthouses was taken by Italy and France.
		The history of lighthouses is filled with tales of lighthouse keepers, the men who once lived in or near the lighthouse whose light it was their responsibility to keep burning.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9031966 (841 words)

	Eddystone Lighthouse celebrates 300 years with solar plans
		The lighthouse service says that as well as being an environmentally friendly energy source, solarisation will enable substantial savings to be made.
		The lighthouse marks a hazardous reef 13 miles south west of Plymouth.
		As Eddystone Lighthouse celebrates its 300th birthday, Trinity House has announced plans for a £350,000 modernisation scheme to convert it to solar powered operation.
	www.ybw.com /auto/newsdesk/19981020115434ymnews.html (108 words)

	The Lighthouse \| Chabad.org > Holidays > Chanukah (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A lighthouse built about 2300 years ago on the island of Pharos near Alexandria in Egypt was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
		The tall structure of a lighthouse, standing firm and immovable in the midst of swirling, angry foam, with its background of jagged rocks, is a magnificent sight.
		Such a "lighthouse" was Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liady, whose liberations from Czarist prisons we celebrate on the 19th Of Kislev and the Fifth night of Chanukah.
	www.chabad.org /holidays/chanukah/article.asp?aid=103209 (1383 words)

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