Eddystone Light centenary plaque

Plaque · On Smeaton's Tower, Plymouth, Devon

Where

On Smeaton's Tower

On Smeaton's Tower, Plymouth, Devon

Inscription

EDDYSTONE LIGHT / THIS BRONZE COMMEMORATES THE CENTENARY OF THE REKINDLING OF THE EDDYSTONE LIGHT ON 18-5-1882 ON COMPLETION OF THE TOWER BUILT BY JAMES 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

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James Douglass

JAMES DOUGLASS

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Eddystone Light centenary plaque (On Smeaton's Tower, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 1, "JAMES DOUGLASS"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/9704/ : accessed 9 November 2026).

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About this memorial

Erected: 1982

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