Eddystone Lighthouse | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-04

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
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00:00:59 1 The need for a light
00:01:57 2 Winstanley's lighthouse
00:03:56 3 Rudyard's lighthouse
00:05:27 4 Smeaton's lighthouse
00:07:44 5 Douglass's lighthouse
00:11:09 5.1 Present day
00:11:58 6 References in media
00:14:37 7 Gallery
00:14:46 8 See also



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The Eddystone Lighthouse is on the dangerous Eddystone Rocks, 9 statute miles (14 km) south of Rame Head, England, United Kingdom. While Rame Head is in Cornwall, the rocks are in Devon and composed of Precambrian gneiss.The current structure is the fourth to be built on the site. The first and second were destroyed by storm and fire. The third, also known as Smeaton's Tower, is the best known because of its influence on lighthouse design and its importance in the development of concrete for building. Its upper portions have been re-erected in Plymouth as a monument. The first lighthouse, completed in 1699, was the world's first open ocean lighthouse although the Cordouan lighthouse preceded it as the first offshore lighthouse.