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Early years Ida Lewis was born in Newport, Rhode Island, the second oldest of four children of Captain Hosea Lewis of the Revenue-Marine. Her father was transferred to the Lighthouse Service and appointed keeper of Lime Rock Light on the small near-island Lime Rock in Newport in 1854, taking his family to live on the rock in 1857. [4] After the family had been at Lime Rock for less than four ...
Ida Lewis Lighthouse, which was formerly the Lime Rock Lighthouse, is in the Newport harbor in Rhode Island. It is named after Ida Lewis, who lived and worked at the lighthouse from 1857 and was the official lighthouse keeper from 1879 until her death in 1911. She was celebrated for many acts of bravery in saving lives.
Ida Walley Lewis, an American lighthouse keeper noted for rescuing numerous people in the latter half of the 19th century Grace Bussell, a 16-year-old Australian girl who along with Sam Isaacs rescued 50 people from the SS Georgette when it foundered off the West Australian coast in 1876, is regarded as Australia's national heroine.
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.
Throughout its history, the lighthouse in Massachusetts Bay has been through numerous transitions from being blown up by the British in 1776, to being rebuilt in 1783, and electrified in 1948
Lime Rock (island) Lime Rock is an island located 600 feet offshore in Newport Harbor, in Narragansett Bay, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It was made famous by Ida Lewis, the lighthouse keeper of the tower built on it in 1854 which is now known as Ida Lewis Rock Light. [1] In 1927 the island was sold to a Yacht Club and was connected to ...
USCGC Ida Lewis (WLM-551) is the lead ship of the United States Coast Guard Keeper-class of Coastal Buoy Tenders. Launched in 1995, she has spent her entire career maintaining navigational aids near her homeport of Newport, Rhode Island.
Abbie is also the subject of Your Story Hour's family-friendly radio drama, Abbie, the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter on Exciting Events, CD 1, published in 2014. [6] The folk song "Lighthouse Keeper" [7] by Neptune's Car [8] was inspired by the experiences of women lighthouse tenders including Abbie, Ida Lewis, and Katherine Walker.