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A lighthouse keeper or lightkeeper is a person responsible for tending and caring for a lighthouse, particularly the light and lens in the days when oil lamps and clockwork mechanisms were used. Lighthouse keepers were sometimes referred to as "wickies" because of their job trimming the wicks. [1]
Pages in category "Lighthouse keepers" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Lighthouse keeper; L.
[1] 125 people eventually took refuge inside the light tower, including Claiborne's family and that of the assistant keeper; Claiborne oversaw their care until further help was forthcoming. [1] [4] In 1915, he again cared for 50 hurricane refugees who took shelter in the tower. Claiborne died on duty at the Bolivar Point station in 1918.
U.S. Light House Service Stop Watch (ca. 1931) – specially manufactured by the Gallet Watch Company for USLHS use.. The United States Lighthouse Service, also known as the Bureau of Lighthouses, was the agency of the United States Government and the general lighthouse authority for the United States from the time of its creation in 1910 as the successor of the United States Lighthouse Board ...
Seal at Montauk Point Light listing the members of the U.S. Lighthouse Board in 1860.. The United States Lighthouse Board was the second agency of the U.S. federal government, under the Department of Treasury, responsible for the construction and maintenance of all lighthouses and navigation aids in the United States, between 1852 and 1910.
The lighthouse is owned by the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust. Tom Bradbury, a lifelong Maine resident, serves as the nonprofit's executive director. "All of these are small pieces that form the ...
United States Lighthouse Service personnel (21 P) Pages in category "American lighthouse keepers" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
A lighthouse keeper, she was the first Hispanic-American woman to command a federal shore installation. [1] Marilyn Dykman said of her "Maria Andreu's leadership and perseverance as keeper of the lighthouse inspired generations of women to shine as female employees within federal service through her beacon of light."