 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 | |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | Lightkeeper |
Occupation type | Profession |
Activity sectors | Marine occupation. |
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]
- ^ "Lighthouse Glossary of Terms". United States Lighthouse Society. Retrieved 3 February 2017.