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Brixham Breakwater
Brixham Breakwater is a coastal Breakwater (structure), breakwater situated at the town of Brixham in Devon, England. The breakwater provides shelter for vessels mooring at the port, including the historic Brixham fishing fleet. The building of the structure to its final length spanned several decades, with work beginning in 1843 to the design of the local civil engineer James Meadows Rendel (engineer), James Meadows Rendel and being completed in 1916, when the present cast-iron lighthouse was installed at the pier end. References {{Reflist Breakwaters Buildings and structures in Devon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brixham Breakwater From Berry Head Rd
Brixham is a coastal town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish, the smallest and southernmost of the three main population centres (the others being Paignton and Torquay) on the coast of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. Commercial fishing and tourism are the two main industries. As of 2020 Brixham had an estimated population of 16,823. It is believed that the name Brixham originates from the personal name of an early resident, Brioc, followed by the Old English suffix, ''ham'' meaning home. The town, which is predominantly hilly, is built around a picturesque natural harbour, which in addition to leisure craft, provides anchorage for what is now one of England’s (but not the UK’s) largest remaining commercial fishing fleets. A conspicuous local tourist attraction is the permanently moored replica of Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake's ship ''Golden Hind''. Historically Brixham was made up of two separate communities connected only by a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
