Smeaton Lighthouse

Smeaton Lighthouse (HM2BNI)

Location: , England PL1 2NZ Plymouth
Country: United Kingdom
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N 50° 21.863', W 4° 8.512'

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Inscription
( top plaque )
This tablet is erected to the Memory of John Smeaton F.R.S. the distinguished civil engineer who was born in 1724 and died in 1792 at Austhorpe Lodge Leeds in the County of York He designed this lighthouse and erected it on Eddystone Rock
1756 to 1759
Presented by the Lord Mayor of Leeds
Alderman Percival T. Leigh J.P.
1936

( middle round plaque)
Eddystone Light

This bronze commemorates the centenary of the rekindling of the Eddystone Light on 18-6-1882 on completion of the tower built by Joseph Douglass. It also marks the commissioning on 28-7-1982 of an unmanned light in that tower standing 14 miles seaward of this place on the notorious Eddystone Reef.
In Salutem Omnium

( lower round plaque)
This Plaque Commemorates
The 100th Anniversary of
The Re-opening of
Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse
On this Site 24 September 1884
This Plaque Was Unveiled by
Councillor Peter Whitfield
Lord Mayor of Plymouth
On 24 September 1984
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HM NumberHM2BNI
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Date Added Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 at 11:03am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)30U E 418786 N 5579769
Decimal Degrees50.36438333, -4.14186667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 50° 21.863', W 4° 8.512'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds50° 21' 51.78" N, 4° 8' 30.72" W
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Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Hoe Rd, England PL1 2NZ, GB
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