Smeaton And Lighthouses A Popular Biography With An Historical
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LIGHTHOUSES ON SAND AND CAST-IRON LIGHTHOUSES.
Floating Lights--Objections to--Mitchell's Screw-moorings-- Experiments on the Maplin Sand--Foundation--Erection of Screw-pile Lighthouse--Details of the Wyre Lighthouse--Proposed Lighthouse on the Goodwin Sands--Metallic Lighthouses--Advantages of Metal over Stone--Details of Cast-iron Lighthouse at Morant Point, Jamaica 101