Lighthouse Register

Keepers' logs

The logs were kept by the hour: wind, visibility, the minute the lamp was lit and the minute it was put out.

The handwriting changes every few years as keepers came and went, and each hand tells its own quiet story.

A page from 1911, ink faded to brown.
A page from 1911, ink faded to brown.
The lamp room stair, worn in the centre of each tread.
The lamp room stair, worn in the centre of each tread.

More soon.

The keeper's kettle, left on the stove.
The keeper's kettle, left on the stove.
Winter morning, frost on the outside of the glass.
Winter morning, frost on the outside of the glass.

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