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John Smeaton was the first to declare himself a civil engineer, wanting to differentiate his work as non-military. Smeaton is best known for the lighthouse that he designed on the Eddystone Rocks, nineteen kilometers southwest of Plymouth Sound in the United Kingdom. The lighthouse, which started operation on October 16, 1759, was the third structure on the treacherous gneissic rocks (the first two were lost to waves and fire). Modeled after an oak tree and built from dovetailed blocks of granite, it marked a major step forward in building design and the use of concrete. Smeaton’s Lighthouse ushered in an era of safer shipping and coincided with the start of the Industrial Revolution.
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Hoornweg, D., Ibrahim, N., Luo, C. (2017). Educating Engineers for the Anthropocene. In: EarthEd. State of the World. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-843-5_22
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