Thomas Salmon Print of Eddystone Lighthouse

The Eddystone Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, 9 statute miles south of Rame Head in Cornwall, England. The rocks are submerged below the surface of the sea and are composed of Precambrian gneiss.
  • Location: offshore Rame Head · England, United Kingdom
  • Height: 18 metres (59 ft) (first) · 21 metres (69 ft) (second) · 22 metres (72 ft) (third) · 49 metres (161 ft) (current)
  • Constructed: 1698 (first) · 1709 (second) · 1759 (third) · 1878–1881 (fourth)
  • Construction: wooden tower (first and second) · granite tower (third and current)
  • Automated: 1982
  • Shape: octagonal tower (first) · dodecagonal tower (second) · tapered cylindrical tower (third) · tapered cylindrical tower with lantern and helipad on the top (current)
  • Power source: solar power

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