Talk:Eddystone Lighthouse

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Swallowing lead

I removed this phrase from the article:

One of the keepers who tried (in vain) to fight the fire swallowed a large amount of molten lead, which killed him after some days.

If someone can confirm or deny this, it would be great.

-- BCorr ¤ Брайен 22:47, Feb 29, 2004 (UTC)

I have put it back in, with more detail. I'll get the name of the museum in Edinburgh as soon as I can!

Henry Hall may have ingested molten lead, but he certainly would not have died from lead poisoning - try 1st degree internal burns. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.31.95.41 (talk) 12:24, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree: there is no suggestion in the reports cited that he died from lead poisoning. He ingested over 200g of molten lead (melting point 327 degrees) which caused serious, and ultimately fatal burns to his mouth throat and stomach. 202.61.229.152 (talk) 03:56, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Devon or Cornwall?

Does Eddystone Lighthouse fall in the county of Devon or Cornwall? Most sources seem to say Devon but the article implies Cornwall. (I am categorising a collection of postcards). Tony Corsini 23:47, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This Hansard debate [1] seems to indicate that it's in the parliamentary constituency of South-East Cornwall.--JBellis 18:57, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

According to the Ordnance Survey, who I think we can regard as being pretty definitive, the Eddystone is part of the City of Plymouth and hence the County of Devon. See the OS reference now on the article page. -- Chris j wood 12:07, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Parliamentary constituency boundaries do not always follow county boundaries. Historically a few parishes now in the Rame district were in Devon (probably before 1880s reform) --Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 21:06, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Edison Lighthouse?

I've removed the following from the Trivia section of the article:

The lighthouse may also have inspired the name of the popular music group Edison Lighthouse, being a weak pun on Eddystone, although the etymology of the group's name is uncertain.

A search on Google shows no sign of this etymology, which is unsourced and even the wording suggests the author is unsure of the facts. If you can find one, please feel free to reinsert with an appropriate reference. -- Chris j wood 18:44, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't really need a source as the sounds of the names are so similar that the balance of probabilities suggests that it was the inspiration for the group's name. It would be more appropriate to ask for a source for any alternative derivation. DavidFarmbrough 18:53, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely disagree. If we are just going to go on personal guesswork, I would suggest that it is more likely they were named after Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb (amongst other things). But I would never write that in an article, because I don't have a source for it. I didn't want to add the {{Fact}} template to this article, because I've just put a lot of work into ensuring every other statement in the article is properly sourced. I would have done the same for this one, if I could have found a source. But you have forced my hand. Articles with unsourced statements it is. Thanks. -- Chris j wood 16:13, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speculation is surely original research and should be omitted. See WP:OR--JBellis 06:39, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Keeper of the Eddystone Light was earlier in the article for no obvious reasonn: it still looks strange as I am unsure how to deal with verse which would look better laid out in lines--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 21:23, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Potentialy nice pic

From the turn of the century:

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.08791

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-winstanley-lighthouse-14865

Painting of the first lighthouse.

Isaac Sailmaker painting

Isaac Sailmaker painted the lighthouse: image:Isaac Sailmaker - Men-o'-War and other Vessels before the Eddystone Lighthouse.jpg. The ensigns used by the ships in the painting date the scene as being prior to the Acts of Union, so before 1707.. though the form seems more like the 1709 version. Martocticvs (talk) 00:33, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ignore that :) I can see the blue in the canton, looking at it again, so they are post-1707 ensigns. Martocticvs (talk) 22:48, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]