Smeaton's Lighthouse | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 05/06/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smeaton%27s_Tower


00:00:25 1 History
00:00:34 1.1 Construction
00:02:03 1.2 As lighthouse
00:02:57 1.3 As memorial
00:04:21 2 See also



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SUMMARY
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Smeaton's Tower is a memorial to celebrated civil engineer John Smeaton, designer of the third and most notable Eddystone Lighthouse. A major step forward in lighthouse design, Smeaton's structure was in use from 1759 to 1877, until erosion of the ledge it was built upon forced new construction.  The tower was largely dismantled and rebuilt on Plymouth Hoe in Plymouth, Devon, where it stands today.