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This tower was built by John Rudeyerd in 1709, but differed from the first because he used shipbuilding principles in order to make the tower stronger.<ref name="Polperro" /> The lighthouse survived until a fire started by a candle inside it burned it down.

This tower was built by John Rudeyerd in 1709, but differed from the first because he used shipbuilding principles in order to make the tower stronger.<ref name="Polperro" /> The lighthouse survived until a fire started by a candle inside it burned it down.

===Smeaton's Tower (1759 - 1882)===

===Smeaton's Tower (1759 - 1882)===

This tower was revolutionary due to its construction material (which included granite and quick drying cement), and it established standard for future towers world wide.<ref name="Polperro" /> Smeaton’s tower lasted for 127 years until the rock on which it was sited started to show signs of stress from the action of the sea and fissures started to open up in it, after the completion of a new tower, Smeaton's Tower was dismantled and transfered to Plymouth Hole as a memorial.<ref name="Polperro" />

This tower was revolutionary due to its construction material (which included granite and quick drying cement), and it established standard for future towers worldwide.<ref name="Polperro" /> Smeaton’s tower lasted for 127 years until the rock on which it was sited started to show signs of stress from the action of the sea and fissures started to open up in it, after the completion of a new tower, Smeaton's Tower was dismantled and transferred to Plymouth Hole as a memorial.<ref name="Polperro" />

===Douglass' Tower (1882-Present)===

===Douglass' Tower (1882-Present)===

Built by James Douglass, this tower was twice as tall as the original, and four times as massive.<ref>{{cite web|title=The New Eddystone Lighthouse|url=http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/civil/new_eddystone.shtml|work=The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology|language=English|accessdate=2007-09-30|date=2002}}</ref> Douglass designed a special ship to carry massive granite blocks to build the lighthouse. For his work, Douglass was later knighted by Queen Victoria.<ref name="Polperro" />

Built by James Douglass, this tower was twice as tall as the original, and four times as massive.<ref>{{cite web|title=The New Eddystone Lighthouse|url=http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/civil/new_eddystone.shtml|work=The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology|language=English|accessdate=2007-09-30|date=2002}}</ref> Douglass designed a special ship to carry massive granite blocks to build the lighthouse. For his work, Douglass was later knighted by Queen Victoria.<ref name="Polperro" />