Eddystone Lighthouse

John Smeaton standing beside the Third Eddystone Lighthouse during an Atlantic storm representing the birth of modern civil engineering

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John Smeaton: The Father of Civil Engineering and the Genius Behind the Eddystone Lighthouse

John Smeaton is widely regarded as the father of civil engineering because of his revolutionary work on the third Eddystone…...

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May 23, 202624 min read