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Episode 25 - Blackwall Lighthouse
Episode 25

Episode 25 - Blackwall Lighthouse

The Lighthouse Lowdown · Emily Straight and Vincent Bailey

April 24, 202332m 34s

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Also known as Trinity Buoy Wharf Light, this lighthouse is the only one in London! Surrounded inside and out by strange and goofy attractions, the Blackwall Lighthouse has connections to a famous chemist, 1000-year-long music pieces, and hanged pirates.

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References:

  1. https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/11/see-1500-tons-of-rock-being-placed-to-shore-up-beloved-michigan-lighthouse.html

  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riprap

  3. Blackwall Point. Part of the Secret London series by Historic UK (historic-uk.com)

  4. Hidden London: London’s Lighthouse in Blackwall « London Visitors (wordpress.com)

  5. London's Only Lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf (historic-uk.com)

  6. Michael Faraday | Science History Institute

  7. Longplayer

  8. Is this London’s strangest landmark? - BBC Travel

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