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The lighthouse keeper's office:
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This building housed the generators and air compressors (for the foghorns)
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Before electricity was brought to the lighthouse in the 1930's, the foghorns were steam-powered. This required something like 130 pounds of coal an hour which the keeper had to haul himself (down that 30 story set of stairs).
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The lighthouse keeper's office:

This building housed the generators and air compressors (for the foghorns)

Before electricity was brought to the lighthouse in the 1930's, the foghorns were steam-powered. This required something like 130 pounds of coal an hour which the keeper had to haul himself (down that 30 story set of stairs).