Smeaton's Tower stood were becoming eroded. Each time a large wave hit, the lighthouse shook from side to side. Smeaton's Tower ceased operation in 1879 with the illumination of Douglass's Tower on an adjacent rock. In 1882 the upper part of Smeaton's Tower was dismantled and rebuilt as a memorial to Smeaton on a new base on Plymouth Hoe, replacing the triangular obelisk that had been built there by Trinity House as a navigation aid in the early 19th century. It was opened to the public by the Mayor of Plymouth on 24 September 1884. The foundation and stub of the old
Sept-Îles lighthouse a French lighthouse. The archipelago of Sept-Îles has been a bird sanctuary since 1912. The Sept-Îles lighthouse was one of the last French lighthouses to be manned, and only became automated at the end of August 2007. Sept-Îles lighthouse The Sept-Îles lighthouse is an active lighthouse in Perros-Guirec, (Côtes-d'Armor) France, located on the "Île aux moines", an island of the Sept-Îles archipelago in the English Channel. The island is accessible but the lighthouse is closed to the public. The first lighthouse, a round tower, was illuminated in May 1835, and then replaced in 1854 by a square tower 16 ft