The 1-mile-long (2 km) Breakwater in Plymouth Sound was designed by John Rennie in order to protect the fleet moving in and out of Devonport; work started in 1812. Numerous technical difficulties and repeated storm damage meant that it was not completed until 1841, twenty years after Rennie's death. In the 1860s, a ring of Palmerston forts was constructed around the outskirts of Devonport, to protect the dockyard from attack from any direction.
The 1-mile - long ( 2 km ) Breakwater in Plymouth Sound was designed by John Rennie in order to protect the fleet moving in and out of Devonport ; work started in 1812 . Numerous technical difficulties and repeated storm damage meant that it was not completed until 1841 , twenty years after Rennie 's death . In the 1860s , a ring of Palmerston forts was constructed around the outskirts of Devonport , to protect the dockyard from attack from any direction .
Who was the designer of the Plymouth Sound Breakwater?
Who was the designer of the Plymouth Sound Breakwater ?
John Rennie
John Rennie