EDDYSTONE’S JUBILEE.
Eddystonc Lighthouse recently celebrated its jubilee. There is a rocky ledge in the English Channel, dangerously close to Plymouth Harbour, and the present lighthouse is the fourth to stand on this treacherous spot. One of its predecessors was washed away, one perished by lire, and another had to be dismantled. It took four years to build the Eddystone Lighthouse, but those four years do not by any means represent the amount of labour and research spent on it. The solid base is 25 feet high, and conceals two fresh water tanks, each containing 4700 gallons. Above this the shaft travels up through eight storeys with walls nine feet thick. Dove-tailed stone and interlocked steel give these walls the necessary strength. The seaward door consists 'of a ton of gun-metal, and protects a stout inner door of teak.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21258, 12 February 1931, Page 6
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139EDDYSTONE’S JUBILEE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 21258, 12 February 1931, Page 6
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