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2. Lighthouse keeper - Wikipedia

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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]

3. Portland Head Light - Wikipedia

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   Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a headland at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in Maine. The light station is automated, and the tower, beacon, and ...

4. Beacon 23 - Wikipedia

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   May 26, 2024. (2024-05-26) Beacon 23 is an American science fiction psychological thriller television series created by Zak Penn. It stars Lena Headey and Stephan James, and is a co-production between Spectrum and Boat Rocker Media. Although originally greenlit by Spectrum Originals and AMC Networks, it premiered on MGM+ on November 12, 2023 ...

5. United States Lighthouse Service - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

6. Missing beacons: Remembering Wilmington-area lighthouses that ...

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   Federal Point Light (earlier light described in 1836 with eight lamps rebuilt 1836) was a lighthouse at Federal Point on the east bank of Cape Fear at Fort Fisher constructed in 1866. A third ...

7. Kinnaird Head Lighthouses - Wikipedia

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   Kinnaird Head was the most powerful light of its time, and contained 17 reflectors arranged in 3 horizontal tiers. It was reported to be visible from 12 to 14 miles (10 to 12 nmi; 19 to 23 km). The first lighthouse keeper was James Park, who was paid a shilling per night and remained in the job for nearly a decade.