References in Literature and Popular Song
- The lighthouse inspired a sea shanty, frequently recorded, that begins "My father was the keeper of the Eddystone light //And he slept with a mermaid one fine night//Out of this union there came three//A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me!" and has been used as a metaphor for stability.
- A novel based on the building of Smeaton's lighthouse, containing many details of the construction, was published in 2005.
- The lighthouse is referenced at the beginning of Chapter 14, "Nantucket", in Herman Melville's epic novel Moby-Dick: "How it stands there, away off shore, more lonely than the Eddystone lighthouse."
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Clouds over Hoe
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Smeaton`s Tower
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Tinside Pool, Plymouth Sound
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Sunlight through the lantern room
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Smeaton's Lighthouse, now re-erected on Plymouth Hoe.
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