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The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lantern Pane Duties

By Bob Trapani, Jr. January 3, 2022

Looking back through lighthouse history, you might say that keepers were very good at cleaning windows. Maybe not by choice, but duty called nonetheless. When it came to the panes of a lantern, …

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Watching Over the Lights

By Bob Trapani, Jr. August 11, 2020

We just celebrated the 231st anniversary of our nation’s Lighthouse Service on August 7th – and what a storied history it is. The rich traditions and legacies that have come to embody “keeping a good …

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Aberrations of Audibility of Fog-Signals

By Maine Lights Today Staff July 31, 2020

The following information about oddities related to fog signals was published in the government publication, The Modern Light-House Service, 1890, by Arnold Burges Johnson, Chief Clerk, United States …

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