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The Devonport Column described in the eighteen hundreds.(below) is being updated in the C21st.
Close to the Town-hall is the Devonport column, erected by public subscription to commemorate the alteration in the name of the town. It is a noble fluted pillar of the Grecian Doric order, and its height above the level of the street is 124 feet. A spiral stair-case within the shaft conducts to the summit, from which the spectator enjoys a grand and extensive prospect. The hills, vales, fields, woods, and water, from Hengeston Down in the north to the ocean in the south- from the wilds of Dartmoor in the east to the billowy eminences of Cornwall in the west- lie before the gaze in a beautiful varied panorama; while the eye looks down on Devonport and its immediate vicinity as on a map.
The real ideas organisation (RIO) has secured a heritage lottery fund grant of £685,000 to restore the iconic Devonport Column; giving the public access to the top viewing platform for the first time in fifty years. Work is due to be completed in Oct 2012.
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