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
Moholmen Lighthouse Moholmen Lighthouse Moholmen Lighthouse () is a coastal lighthouse in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The lighthouse is located on a small island in the Vestfjorden about southwest of the village of Kabelvåg and about straight west of the Skrova Lighthouse. Moholmen Lighthouse was originally built in 1914. The original tower was moved to the island of Tranøy in Hamarøy Municipality in 1936. A new tower was built at Moholmen, and that tower was automated in 1974. The current tower is tall, and at the top there is a white, red or green light (depending on direction), occulting twice