Instructions to Light Keepers


Read by Maria Kasper

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"Office of the Light-House Board, Washington, D.C. July 1, 1881. The following Instructions are published for the guidance of light-keepers. They are required to read them carefully and attentively, and to refer to them whenever they are any doubt in regard to their duties or the manner of performing them. Each keeper and assistant keeper will be furnished with a copy, to be kept and used at the light-stations where they are employed; to be handed over to their successors when they are relieved or discharged or left at the light-stations in case there should be no successors. By order of the Light-House Board." (from introductory notice to book)

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General Instructions to All Light Keepers 15:02 Read by Maria Kasper
Care of Lights and Their Appurtenances 12:29 Read by Maria Kasper
Funck Lard-Oil Float-Lamp; Funck Mineral-Oil Float-Lamp; Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth-Order Lights 19:29 Read by Maria Kasper
Instructions to Keepers of Light-Ships 14:43 Read by Maria Kasper
Use and Management of Fog Signals 18:40 Read by Maria Kasper
Siren; Steam-Whistle; Stevens Fog-Bell; Andersons Hand Fog-Signal 16:15 Read by Maria Kasper
Instructions for Painting; Recipes; Allowances of Provisions 19:58 Read by Maria Kasper