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This early view of the Smith Island Lighthouse near Port Townsend, Washington shows the station with a white picket fence and well-manicured lawn. It is obvious that the keeper(s) took pride in maintaining a well-kept light station. If you look closely, you will notice that the shades or curtains in the lantern were drawn to protect the lens and the brass fittings from the harmful rays of the sun. In later years, one of the keepers must have felt that the white picket fence was too much work to maintain and it was removed. (Lighthouse Digest archives.)
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Life and Death at the Doomed Smith Island Lighthouse
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