Lismore Lighthouse Z62_7172
This is the view of Lismore Lighthouse from Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull, Scotland built in 1833.
My appreciation and awe of lighthouses and those who once operated them has grown so much since listening to the "Get Sleepy" stories about lighthouse keepers, particularly Brave Women of the Lighthouses.
They really were remarkable people, often living very isolated lives, and facing many hardships for very little pay. For example, jobs included tending the light: filling the lamp with oil at sundown and again at midnight, trimming the wick, polishing carbon off the reflectors, and extinguishing the light at dawn.
One of the most famous was Ida Lewis She tended the Lime Rock Lighthouse in Rhode Island for 54 years, first with her parents starting at age 15 in 1857 and then as official keeper starting in 1879 until her death in 1911. She was a strong swimmer and rower (considered very unladylike) and rescued 18 people during her time as keeper, the last when she was 63. She was adored by the country and the bells of all the vessels in Newport Harbor tolled for her that night she died, and flags were at half-staff throughout Newport.
so I digressed alittle ;-)
Lismore Lighthouse Z62_7172
This is the view of Lismore Lighthouse from Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull, Scotland built in 1833.
My appreciation and awe of lighthouses and those who once operated them has grown so much since listening to the "Get Sleepy" stories about lighthouse keepers, particularly Brave Women of the Lighthouses.
They really were remarkable people, often living very isolated lives, and facing many hardships for very little pay. For example, jobs included tending the light: filling the lamp with oil at sundown and again at midnight, trimming the wick, polishing carbon off the reflectors, and extinguishing the light at dawn.
One of the most famous was Ida Lewis She tended the Lime Rock Lighthouse in Rhode Island for 54 years, first with her parents starting at age 15 in 1857 and then as official keeper starting in 1879 until her death in 1911. She was a strong swimmer and rower (considered very unladylike) and rescued 18 people during her time as keeper, the last when she was 63. She was adored by the country and the bells of all the vessels in Newport Harbor tolled for her that night she died, and flags were at half-staff throughout Newport.
so I digressed alittle ;-)