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SIR BENJAMIN BAKER
Forth Rail Bridge engineer

Biography now available

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2009 marks the 250th anniversary of the construction of pioneering engineer John Smeaton's famous Eddystone Lighthouse, now relocated to Plymouth Hoe, though the substructure remains at sea
alongside the present lighthouse.

EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE TIMELINE

1698 HENRY WINSTANLEY c 30m high, timber	1708 JOHN RUDYERD 21m high, timber	1759 JOHN SMEATON 22m high, stone	1882 JAMES DOUGLASS 51.2m high, stone

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NEWS

EXHIBITION

BRIDGE THE WORLD

BENJAMIN BAKER of FROME

13 JUN - 24 JUL 2009

Evelyn Carey's images of Forth Rail Bridge and vintage prints of Sir Benjamin Baker's other world-beating projects

Rook Lane Chapel
Bath Street, Frome
Somerset BA11 1DN
Tel. +44 (0)1373 468040
mailbox@rooklanearts.org.uk
www.rooklanearts.org.uk

NEW BOOK

BUILT FOR BRITAIN :
BRIDGES TO BEACH HUTS

by Engineering Timelines
contributor Peter Ashley

Now available from all good stores online.
www.builtforbritain.com