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Readers Guide
The electrified Boca Grande Rear Range Light never had a live-in keeper so a keeper's dwelling wasn't necessary.
Because their wasn't a resident keeper, by definition, this would not be considered a "lighthouse". When the tower previously
served as the Delaware Breakwater Range Light, however, there was a nearby dwelling for the keeper.
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In the above photo, Fannie Salter, keeper of Turkey Point Lighthouse in Maryland from 1925 to 1947, demonstrated
the change in illumination brought on by electricity. In later years, with automation, smaller bulbs were used to light
a compact plastic lens such as this one shown in the photo below of a Coast Guard's man inspecting a lighted buoy.
A bulb changer would circulate a fresh bulb into position whenever a bulb burned out.
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