John Smeaton was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent scholar, who introduced var
Portrait by Mather Brown
John Smeaton by George Romney, 1779 (detail), National Portrait Gallery, London
Smeaton's Lighthouse
Granite bust by Philip Chatfield in Smeaton's Tower Plymouth
Austhorpe is a civil parish and residential suburb of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is 5 miles to the east of city centre and close to the A6120 dual carriageway and the M1 motorway.