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Mrs. Fanny May Salter, a lighthouse keeper in the U.S. Coast Guard service, polishes the lens of the lens in the Turkey Point Light, Maryland.
Mrs. Fanny May Salter, a lighthouse keeper in the U. S. Coast Guard service, polishes the lens of the lens in the Turkey Point Light, Maryland.

A lighthouse keeper is the person responsible for tending and caring for a lighthouse, particularly the light and lens in the days when oil lamps and clockwork mechanisms where used. A lighthouse is a Tower, building or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or in older times from a fire and used as an Keepers were needed to trim the wicks, replenish fuel, wind clockworks and perform maintenance tasks such as cleaning lenses and windows. Electrification and other automated improvements such as remote monitoring and automatic bulb changing made resident paid keepers residing at the lights unnecessary. In the US, periodic maintenance of the lights is now performed by visiting Coast Guard Aids to Navigation teams. navigational aid (also known as aid to navigation ATON or navaid) is any sort of marker which aids the traveler in navigation the term is most commonly

The last civilian keeper in the United States, Frank Schubert, died in 2003. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Frank Schubert (1915 - 2003 was the last civilian Lighthouse keeper in the United States. The last officially manned lighthouse, Boston Light, was manned by the Coast Guard until 1998. Boston Light, also known as Boston Harbor Light, is a Lighthouse located on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts It now has volunteer "keepers" whose primary role is to serve as interpretive tour guides for visitors. [1]

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Recognition

To recognize the role of Lighthouse keepers in the nations maritime safety, the US Coast Guard named a class of 175-foot (53 m) USCG Coastal Buoy Tenders after famous US Lighthouse Keepers. The United States Coast Guard commissioned a new Keeper -class of coastal buoy tenders in the 1990's that are 175 feet (53 m in length and named after Lighthouse 14 ships in the "Keeper" class were built between 1996 and 2000 and are used to maintain aids to navigation, including lighhouses. [2] The following 175-foot (53 m) WLMs are in service as of 2006:

References & Sources

References

  1. ^ The Lighthouse Encyclopedia, The Definitive Reference, Ray Jones, 2003
  2. ^ USCG: About Us - Aircraft & Cutters

Bibliography and further reading

Dictionary

lighthouse keeper

-noun

  1. A person who tends a lighthouse.
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