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===19th century=== * [[Eagle Island lighthouse]] (1861) β Water broke the glass of the structure's east tower and flooded it, implying a wave that surmounted the {{convert|40|m|ft|abbr=on}} cliff and overwhelmed the {{convert|26|m|ft|abbr=on}} tower.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.commissionersofirishlights.com/cil/aids-to-navigation/lighthouses/eagle-island.aspx | title = Eagle Island Lighthouse | publisher = Commissioners of Irish Lights | access-date = 28 October 2010 }}</ref> * [[Flannan Isles Lighthouse]] (1900) β Three lighthouse keepers vanished after a storm that resulted in wave-damaged equipment being found {{Convert|34|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level.<ref name=Smith>{{Haswell-Smith| 329β31}}</ref><ref>Munro, R.W. (1979) ''Scottish Lighthouses''. Stornoway. Thule Press. {{ISBN|0-906191-32-7}}. Munro (1979) pages 170β1</ref>
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