• Plymouth Hoe is a breath of fresh air literally as costal so the area around Smeaton's Tower is fresh and breezy.
  • Smeaton's Tower is a redundant lighthouse, now a memorial to civil engineer John Smeaton, designer of the third and most notable Eddystone Lighthouse.
  • Smeatons robust tower set the pattern for a new era of lighthouse construction. However, by the mid-nineteenth century its days were numbered.
  • Exploring Smeaton's Tower, Plymouth.
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  • Remarkably, rather than being dismantled, Smeatons Tower was carefully relocated to Plymouth Hoe in 1882, where it stands as a prominent landmark today.
  • Smeatons Tower is a focal point on Plymouth’s Hoe which is now recognised as one of the most renowned landmarks in Plymouth.
  • The lighthouse in question is called Smeatons Tower these days and has been standing in a park in Plymouth for well over a century at this stage.
  • The design of Smeatons Tower influenced the construction of many other lighthouses – not least engineer Robert Stevenson’s structure at Bell Rock.
  • Smeaton's Tower is a memorial to celebrated civil engineer John Smeaton, designer of the third and most notable Eddystone Lighthouse.
  • Smeatons Tower is the third and most notable Eddystone Lighthouse built in 1759. It marked a major step forward in the design of lighthouses.