anonimo - Faro di Eddystone (1890)

Extraordinary and rare photograph printed on albumen in 1890 of the Eddystone Lighthouse, a precious document.
One of the most famous English lighthouses and also one of the oldest still existing in the world, a lighthouse with a troubled history, because it was rebuilt no fewer than four times, located on the southern coast of England, about 13 miles south of Plymouth, Latitude 50°10'80" North, Longitude 04°15'90" West, built on the eponymous rock, sadly famous for the number of shipwrecks that had occurred there.
England, as is known, has a long maritime tradition and it is perhaps for this reason that it was one of the first nations to feel the need to create a series of light signals along the coasts to warn ships of the dangers posed by reefs and rocks. An emergent rock is one of the most serious dangers for a ship at night, large or small, whether ships or rocks, and along the English coasts, particularly those foggy and tempestuous of the English Channel, there are many, and the only way to avoid this danger is to build a lighthouse on top of it.