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Maplin lighthouse
original art: drawing. Maplin lighthouse warned ships away from the dangerous mudflats in the Thames estuary. It was designed by James Walker, consultant lighthouse engineer to Trinity House in 1838, and stood on nine screw piles driven six metres into the silt.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF1548 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyllie, William Lionel |
| Places: | Unlinked place |
| Date made: | Late 19th century |
| Exhibition: | Guiding Lights |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 140 x 231 mm |
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