Lighthouse keeper

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.

"Lightkeepers" redirects here. For the 2009 comedy, see The Lightkeepers.
"Lighthouse keepers" redirects here. For other uses, see Lighthouse Keepers (disambiguation).
Lighthouse keeper
Fanny May Salter, a lighthouse keeper in the United States Coast Guard service, polishes the lens in the Turkey Point Light, Maryland in 1945.
Occupation
SynonymsLightkeeper
Occupation type
Profession
Activity sectors
Marine occupation.
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