Eddystone Lighthouse
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The Eddystone Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, 9 statute miles south of Rame Head in Cornwall, England. The rocks are submerged, and are composed of Precambrian gneiss.
An aerial view of the fourth lighthouse. (The stub of the third lighthouse is visible in the background.)
Original Winstanley lighthouse, Eddystone Rock, by Jaaziell Johnston, 1813
Cross section of Rudyard's lighthouse.
Outline of slab of lead removed from the stomach of Henry Hall, who swallowed the molten lead as it fell from the lantern roof during the 1755 fire
Great storm of 1703
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The Great storm of 1703 was a destructive extratropical cyclone that struck south Wales and central and southern England on 26 November 1703. High winds caused 2,000 chimney stacks to collapse in Lond
Eddystone Lighthouse
…each made up of 36 individual glass panes. It was lit by '60 candles at a time, besides a great hanging lamp'. Winstanley's tower lasted until the great storm of 1703 erased almost all trace on 8 December [O.S. 27 November]. Winstanley was on the lighthouse, completing additions to the structure. No trace was found…
1739 illustration of the storm
Rear-Admiral Basil Beaumont was the most senior naval officer killed by the storm. Painting by Michael Dahl, early 18th century
Windstorm Thomas