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Lighthouse keeper

A lighthouse keeper or lightkeeper is a person responsible for tending to 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.

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Lightkeeper

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related to In Marine Safety and National Coast Guards · 50
Lighthouse keeper → AlabamaUSCGC William Tate, AlaskaUSCGC Barbara Mabrity, Atlantic Beach, Baltimore, Bayonne, California, Everett, FloridaUSCGC Frank Drew, FloridaUSCGC Henry Blake, Fourteen, Galveston, Keeper, Ketchikan, MaineUSCGC James Rankin, MaineUSCGC Marcus Hanna, MarylandUSCGC Joshua Appleby, Mobile, New JerseyUSCGC Abbie Burgess, Newport, PennsylvaniaUSCGC Harry Claiborne
related to Asia · 37
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related to External links · 31
Lighthouse keeper → Andrew Tremaine, Archived, Association, Beacons Shining, Bibliography, Central Michigan University, Clarke Historical Library, Coast Guard Aids, Great Lakes, Historian's Office, Historical Bibliography, John, Life, Light, Lighthouse KeepersBibliography, Lighthouses, Michigan, Navigation, Night, Ode
related to North America · 22
Lighthouse keeper → According, All, Boston Light, British Columbia, Canada, Canadian Coast Guard, Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Fisheries, Frank Schubert, It, Labrador, Machias Seal Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Oceans Canada, October, The, The Coast Guard, This
related to history · 17
Lighthouse keeper → Boston Harbor Lighthouse, Both Hannah, Dover, England, George Worthylake, Gurnet, Hannah Thomas, He, In, John Thomas, Knott, Lighthouse, Massachusetts, Plymouth, South Foreland, United States, William
related to South America · 17
Lighthouse keeper → As, Bahia, Brazil, Chile, Chilean Navy, Diego Ramirez Islands, In October, Isla Gonzalo, Marcelo Escobar, March, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Navigational Aid Center, NGA, Of, Punta Arenas, Santo Antonio, The
related to Europe · 15
Lighthouse keeper → February, Finland, Holmöarna, Holmögadd, In Estonia, Kullen Lighthouse, Lighthouse Master Per-Erik Broström, Norwegian, Runde Lighthouse, Scandinavia, Suurupi Upper Lighthouse, Sweden, Sweden's, The, This
related to Oceania · 9
Lighthouse keeper → All, Although, Australia, New Zealand, Seal Rocks Lighthouse, Sugarloaf Point Light, Tasmania, The, The Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse
related to Duties and functions · 6
Lighthouse keeper → Because, Historically, It, Stag, They, United States Lighthouse Service
related to In literature and the arts · 2
Lighthouse keeper → The, TV

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Lighthouse keeperActivity sectorsMarine occupation1.00infobox
Lighthouse keeperOccupation typeProfession1.00infobox
Lighthouse keeperSynonymsLightkeeper1.00infobox
cleaning lensesinstance ofwind clockworks and perform maintenance tasks0.80text
windowsinstance ofwind clockworks and perform maintenance tasks0.80text
remote monitoringinstance ofrather than accommodating keepers and their families.Electrification and other technological advancements0.80text
automatic bulb changing began to appear in the 1960sinstance ofrather than accommodating keepers and their families.Electrification and other technological advancements0.80text
and over the course of the late 20th century made paid resident keepers at the lights unnecessary in certain areasinstance ofrather than accommodating keepers and their families.Electrification and other technological advancements0.80text
while simply altering their responsibilities elsewhereinstance ofrather than accommodating keepers and their families.Electrification and other technological advancements0.80text
Lighthouse keeperrelated to AsiaUnder0.60section
Lighthouse keeperrelated to AsiaBritish0.60section
Lighthouse keeperrelated to AsiaSir Harry Parkes0.60section

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