Did You Know: The First Engineer in the World Built a Lighthouse

16 Aug 2018
Eddystone lighthouse CaSE civil and structural engineering project

Did You Know: The first self proclaimed Engineer was John Smeaton and he built the infamous Eddystone Lighthouse in England, an impressive structure on the Eddystone Rocks off Devon.

Some would argue that a number of impressive structures had been built for many centuries before, however it seems none had the title Engineer.

Take a look into the construction of the Eddystone Lighthouse with BBC Coast, it is a truly impressive structure.

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