The Eddystone Lighthouse stands on the Eddystone Rocks about 14 kilometers south of Rame Head off the coast of Cornwall, England, marking a reef that has been the site of four successive lighthouses since the first, completed in 1699, became the first open ocean lighthouse in the world. The current tower, designed by engineer James Douglass and completed in 1881, drew on techniques pioneered by John Smeaton for the third Eddystone light, whose upper section was later relocated to Plymouth as a monument. Standing 49 meters tall and operated by Trinity House, the light was automated in 1982 and converted to solar power in 1999.
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1. Eddystone Lighthouse (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEntity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia articleQuote, Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
The Eddystone Lighthouse stands on the Eddystone Rocks about 14 kilometers south of Rame Head off the coast of Cornwall, England, marking a reef that has been the site of four successive lighthouses since the first, completed in 1699, became the first open ocean lighthouse in the world. The current tower, designed by engineer James Douglass and completed in 1881, drew on techniques pioneered by John Smeaton for the third Eddystone light, whose upper section was later relocated to Plymouth as a monument. Standing 49 meters tall and operated by Trinity House, the light was automated in 1982 and converted to solar power in 1999.
2. Eddystone Lighthouse (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1882)
Wikidata item Q546122, property P571: 1882
Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Lighthouse)
Wikidata item Q546122, instance of (P31): lighthouse
Wikidata height (P2048) statement: 49.0
Wikidata item Q546122, property P2048 (height): 49.0 m (converted to metres, preferred/normal rank, non-deprecated)
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Devon, United Kingdom
Wikidata item Q546122, property P131/P17 (location): Devon, United Kingdom
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