Smeaton and Lighthouses A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel

CHAPTER I.

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EARLY LIGHTHOUSES.

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Origin of Lighthouses--Beacon Fires--Character of the Early Watch-towers--Cressets--Colossus of Rhodes--The Pharos of Alexandria--Epitome of Ancient Lighthouses--The Tour de Corduan 9