3341611; -4.1486611 Plymouth Breakwater is a 1,560-metre (1,710 yd) stone breakwater protecting Plymouth Sound and the anchorages near Plymouth, Devon, England...
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Cawsand Bay, is Plymouth Breakwater, which creates a harbour protecting anchored ships from the frequent south-western storms. The breakwater is around 1...
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John Rennie the Elder (section Plymouth breakwater)
that which appeals most strongly to the imagination is perhaps the breakwater at Plymouth Sound, consisting of a wall a mile in length across the Sound, in...
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Mount Batten (redirect from Mount Batten Breakwater)
the Plymouth Development Corporation for five years from 1993, the peninsula now has a marina and centre for sea sport. The Mount Batten Breakwater (also...
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Island Eddystone Lighthouse Forts of Plymouth Mayflower Steps Mount Batten Plymouth Breakwater Plymouth Hoe Plymouth Sound Royal Albert Bridge Saltram House...
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those in Plymouth Sound, Portland Harbour, and Cherbourg, have been enhanced or extended by breakwaters made of rock. Types of breakwaters include vertical...
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Garden Battery Penlee Battery Picklecombe Fort weston mill fort Plymouth Breakwater Fort Polhawn Battery Raleigh Battery Fort Scraesdon Staddon Fort...
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Grain Tower Battery at the mouth of the Medway dating from 1855, Plymouth Breakwater Fort, completed 1865, the four Spithead Forts: Horse Sand Fort, No...
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Plymouth Sound is protected from the sea by the Plymouth Breakwater, in use since 1814. In the Sound is Drake's Island which is seen from Plymouth Hoe...
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Fort Bovisand (category Forts of Plymouth, Devon)
the mainland to defend the entrance of Plymouth Sound, at the narrows opposite the east end of Plymouth Breakwater. The fort is beside Bovisand harbour...
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HMNB Devonport (redirect from Plymouth Dockyard)
Plymouth Maritime Headquarters) it was decommissioned in 2004). Plymouth Breakwater (1812) Royal William Victualling Yard (1835) built by the Victualling...
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Cherbourg, France, and the Plymouth Breakwater at Plymouth, England. Work began in 1828 on what is now the inner breakwater, listed in its own right on...
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Napoleonic Wars impended, Whidbey joined Rennie in planning the Plymouth Breakwater, at St Vincent's request; in 1811 came the order to begin construction...
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British Firework Championships (redirect from Plymouth Fireworks)
first held in 1997. Competitors set up their displays on the Mount Batten Breakwater which is closed to the public for the duration of the competition. The...
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Statue of Massasoit Plymouth Harbor and Downtown Plymouth Plymouth Harbor at sunrise Plymouth Harbor breakwater Plymouth Rock from Plymouth Harbor The Mayflower...
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Plymouth Breakwater constructed. 1844 – Lighthouse commissioned on Plymouth Breakwater. 1848 – 5 May: South Devon Railway opens to Plymouth. 1851 25 July:...
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completed various works at Sheerness, Woolwich, Plymouth, Ramsgate, and the great breakwater at Plymouth, of which he published an 'Account' in 1848. Many...
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Plymouth Hoe, referred to locally as the Hoe, is a large south-facing open public space in the English coastal city of Plymouth. The Hoe is adjacent to...
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Edinburgh he "learned the engineering", working on John Rennie's Plymouth Breakwater. Through this work he was recommended to the post of clerk of works...
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medieval lighthouse. Rebuilt in Hartlepool in 1995. Moved from Eddystone to Plymouth Hoe in 1883. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Eastern England". The Lighthouse...
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Oreston (category Suburbs of Plymouth, Devon)
rhinos and lions, stone from which was used in the construction of Plymouth Breakwater, the name is assumed to derive from "ores town", or possibly "Hora's...
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Eddystone Lighthouse (category Plymouth, Devon)
candlepower); in poor visibility, however (judged by whether the Plymouth Breakwater light was visible), both lamps were used at full power, to provide...
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civil engineer responsible for completing London Bridge and the Plymouth Breakwater died in Bengeo. Sir Roy Malcolm Anderson FRS (born 12 April 1947)...
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Bovisand (category Plymouth, Devon)
lifeguards. The view from Bovisands includes Plymouth Breakwater, Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall just across Plymouth Sound, and the English Channel. 50°20′13...
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help with the construction of the Plymouth Breakwater; rails were laid in the quarry at Oreston and on the breakwater, and loaded wagons were conveyed...
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Devonport High School for Boys (category Grammar schools in Plymouth, Devon)
in Plymouth, Devon, England. It has around 1,150 boys, and its catchment area includes southwest Devon and southeast Cornwall as well as Plymouth. Pupils...
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@NavyLookout (15 December 2022). "@HMSMontrose now at anchor inside Plymouth Breakwater after 1,508 days away from the UK having circumnavigated the globe...
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The fortifications of Plymouth in Devon are extensive due to its natural harbour, its commanding position on the Western Approaches and its role as the...
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Orleans House Gallery. Laying Foundation Stone of Plymouth Breakwater, Oil on Canvas. Held by The Box, Plymouth. "Artist Info". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 6 January...
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silver medals for saving the 10 crew members of the Erin which struck Plymouth breakwater during a storm on 20 February 1833, and then Lieutenant Adrian Thomas...
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