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
Operator
Trinity House[1][2]
Fog signal
one blast every 30s.
Racon
T
Light
First lit
1882 (current)
Deactivated
1703 (first) 1755 (second) 1877 (third)
Focal height
41 metres (135 ft)
Lens
4th order 250 mm rotating
Intensity
26,200 candela
Range
17 nautical miles (31 km)
Characteristic
Fl (2) W 10s. Iso R 10s. at 28 metres (92 ft) focal height
The Eddystone Lighthouse is a lighthouse that is located on the Eddystone Rocks, 9 statute miles (14 km) south of Rame Head in Cornwall, England. The rocks are submerged below the surface of the sea[3] and are composed of Precambrian gneiss.[4]
The current structure is the fourth to be built on the site. The first lighthouse (Winstanley's) was swept away in a powerful storm, killing its architect and five other men in the process. The second (Rudyard's) stood for fifty years before it burned down. The third (Smeaton's) is renowned because of its influence on lighthouse design and its importance in the development of concrete for building; its upper portions were re-erected in Plymouth as a monument.[5] The first lighthouse, completed in 1699, was the world's first open ocean lighthouse, although the Cordouan Lighthouse off the western French coast preceded it as the first offshore lighthouse.[6]
^Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwest England (Devon and Cornwall)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
^Eddystone Lighthouse Trinity House. Retrieved 30 April 2016
^Ordnance Survey mapping; the rocks form part of the unitary district of the City of Plymouth, in the ceremonial county of Devon
^"Get A Map". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2006. View at 1:50000 scale
^"Eddystone history". Trinity House. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
^"Lighthouse". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
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