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Description: | c.1935
John Smeaton was born in 1724 at Austhorpe Lodge, moving to London at the age of 18, initially to train as an attorney. He began a manufacturing firm in 1750 making mathematical instruments before becoming a mechanical and civil engineer most famous for building the Eddystone Lighthouse off the Plymouth coast. He also worked on the Aire and Calder Navigation and the Firth-Clyde Canal. John Smeaton died in 1792 and is buried at Whitkirk Church. This view shows the ivyclad remains of his workshop in the grounds of Austhorpe Lodge. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | John Smeaton Austhorpe Lodge | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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