Lighthouse keepers became civil service employees in 1896. The care of the nation’s lighthouses moved from agency to agency until 1910, when Congress created the Bureau of Lighthouses. The U.S. Coast Guard took over responsibility in 1939.
Except for Boston Light, all of our lighthouses are now automated, although they still have keepers and there are even whole families that live the life. It has a history that is interesting.
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