Smeaton Collection

Four of the Eddystone Lighthouses
Engraving of the four Eddystone Lighthouses. From left to right: the first lighthouse (1699) built by Henry Winstanley; the second lighthouse (1708) built by John Rudyerd; the third lighthouse (1759)

Eddystone Lighthouse, south of Plymouth, Devon
View of the Eddystone Lighthouse, south of Plymouth, Devon, with the stub of Smeatons Tower on the left. Photograph taken before the helipad was added to the top of the lighthouse

Plymouth from Smeaton Tower Date: late 19th century

Blowing engine at the Carron Iron Works designed by John Smeaton. Copperplate engraving by Mutlow after an illustration by J. Farey Jr. from John Mason Goods Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G

Blade mill with grindstones designed by John Smeaton
View, plan and elevation of a blade mill with grindstones designed by John Smeaton. Copperplate engraving by Mutlow from John Mason Goods Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G. Kearsley, London, 1813

Eddystone Lighthouse, diving bell, and an underwater tunnel
John Smeatons Eddystone Lighthouse, men in an underwater diving bell, and plans for an underwater tunnel. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

John Smeatons hammer mill at Kilnhurst Forge
John Smeatons design for the hammer mill at Kilnhurst Forge, Rotherham, 1765. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Mill for tilting steel designed by John Smeaton, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

John Smeatons crane for the wool quay, Custom House, London
Overhead view and elevation of John Smeatons design for a crane for the wool quay, Custom House, London, 1789. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

St Johnstone FC football team 1936. Back row: Welsh, Clark, Wylie, Baxter, Littlejohn, Smeaton. Front row: Tennant, Adam, Lyle, Ferguson (Captain), Nicholson. Date: 1936

Smeatons Home
SMEATONs home at Austhorpe Date: 1792

Smeatons Grave
SMEATONs grave in Whitkirk church. Date: 1792

England / Plymouth Hoe
England/Plymouth Hoe

Little Smeaton, near Pontefract, Yorkshire
View of the village of Little Smeaton, near Pontefract, Yorkshire, with two little girls carrying milk in pails. Date: circa 1900

View of the harbour and pier at St Ives, Cornwall
A view of the harbour and Smeatons Pier at St Ives, Cornwall, with a range of boats. Two little girls in large-brimmed hats and smocks are doing some beachcombing

The Eddystone Lighthouse, 1879
Engraving of the Eddystone lighthouse built by Smeaton in 1759 and the foundations of the new lighthouse, designed by Sir James Douglass

Official Opening of the Eddystone Lighthouse, May 1882
Engraving of the opening of the new Eddystone Lighthouse by the Duke of Edinburgh. The new lighthouse, designed by Sir James Douglass, can be seen to the left of the older one, built by John Smeaton

Scenes from the Eddystone Lighthouse, 1882
Engraving showing a number of views of the then new Eddystone lighthouse, designed by Sir James Douglass, May 1882. The old, Smeaton designed, lighthouse can also be seen

John Smeaton / Woodman
JOHN SMEATON English civil engineer

3rd Eddystone Lighthouse
The third Eddystone lighthouse, near Plymouth, is built by Smeaton, originally in part of wood but this is later replaced by stone

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