Floodlit red & white striped lighthouse, with light in lantern. Floodlit dome & lights of ship at sea.
Plymouth Hoe at night, #Plymouth #Devon
• “Smeaton’s Tower” - #JohnSmeaton - former Eddystone lighthouse. 1759
• “Plymouth Dome - former museum & visitor’s centre, now eatery. 1988
• Lights of a ship at anchor in Plymouth Sound.
Late (or early 😉) for #PharosFriday
#SmeatonsTower in #Plymouth named for #JohnSmeaton, known as the father of civil engineering
Painted on a #VintageMap from 1972
Prints on request
#ElevensesHour #MHHSBD #Devon #Lighthouse
An Anthony Gormley statue made up of metal blocks - nicknamed “Rusty Reg”. It stands on West Hoe pier with the sea waters of Plymouth Sound & the high ground of Plymouth Hoe behind.
👀 Hoe landmarks, #Plymouth #Devon
• “Look II” #statue - #AnthonyGormley 2020
• “The Belvedere” - where the pier met the Hoe. 1891
• Naval War Memorial - #RobertLorimer 1924
• “Smeaton’s Tower” - #JohnSmeaton - former Eddystone lighthouse. 1759
• Hoe Lido - swimming pool. 1935
#LocalHistory #Art
3rd #Eddystone Lighthouse, 1757
Model made by Josias Jessop (of #Devonport), two years before the third Eddystone lighthouse by #JohnSmeaton was completed.
Jessop oversaw the main building work on the rock off #Plymouth #Devon
Now National Museum of Scotland #Edinburgh
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#PharosFriday
A Boxing Day walk and you come across a 17th century house that belonged to the family of the great civil engineer. John Smeaton. Sometimes called the father of civil engineering.
#Leeds #johnsmeaton #EddystoneLighthouse
