The story of one particular lighthouse, that isn't one particular lighthouse. With a story involving dramatic irony, swallowing molten metal and a song topping No. 9 on the singles chart., yeah, this is going to need explaining.

I am not at all confident in my videos being this long and am worried they're becoming boring-ish as they get any longer, so please leave your feedback on both the overall quality and the length to help me improve down in the comments. Lastly, thank you for watching and see you in another two months I guess?

Sources:

The books "The Four Eddystone Lighthouses" by Robert Sanderson, "Henry Winstanley and the Eddystone Lighthouse" by Adam Hart-Davis, "Eddystone (Lighthouses of England & Wales)" by Martin Boyle, "Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse" by Eric Jay Dolin and also "Eddystone: The Finger of Light" by Mike Palmer.

Also these online resources:
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Eddyston...
http://www.devonheritage.org/Places/P...
http://www.discoverydivers.org/dive-s...
http://www.nms.ac.uk/explore/collecti...
http://edb.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/exhibi...
http://uslhs.org/rudyerds-tower-eddys...
http://www.polperro.org/eddystone.html
http://www.photographers-resource.co....
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/art...
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/reso...
http://www.engineering-timelines.com/...
https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/about-...
https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/about-...


Image credit thing-ys:

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