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John Smeaton: Media

British engineer

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Smeaton, detail of an engraving by W. Bromley, 1798, after a portrait by J. Brown
Courtesy of the Science Museum, London
Eddystone Lighthouse
John Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse rebuilt on Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, England.
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