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Lighthouse Keeper's Residence & Bermuda Kitchen
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By Mike Stroud, 2011 | |
| | | 1. Lighthouse Keeper's Residence & Bermuda Kitchen Marker | | |
Inscription. The Grand Turk Lighthouse had two keepers, the Principal and the Assistant. It is believed that before 1890 the keepers may have lived on location at the site of the present-day Pavilion. Meals were prepared in the seperate Bermuda Kitchen, typical of Turks Island architecture.
After 1890 the keepers and their families lived in town. The keepers shared a horse, on which they rode to and from the Lighthouse daily for their shifts.
The daily routine of a lighthouse keeper was demanding during times of bad weather, and tedious and boring during good weather, due to the fact that much of the work was routine and repetitive. The oil lamps had to be maintained and kept burning from sunset to sunrise. The tower stairs had to be swept, as did the landing doors, windows, recesses and passageways from the lantern to the kerosene room.
Lighthouse keepers, unlike mariners they served who might take shelter in a calm harbor when storms rushed in from the ocean, were expected to man their stations regardless of climate or weather conditions.
Location. 21° 30.705′ N, 71° 7.971′ W. Marker is in Cockburn Town, Grand Turk. Marker is on Lighthouse Road, on the right. Click for map. Located at northern terminus of Lighthouse Road at Lookout Point . Marker is in this post office area: Cockburn Town, Grand Turk 00109-9000, Turks and Caicos Islands. | | | | 
By Mike Stroud, February 11, 2011 | |
| | | 2. Lighthouse Keeper's Residence & Bermuda Kitchen Marker | | |
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, as the crow flies. Grand Turk Historic Lighthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S. Naval Facility (within shouting distance of this marker); Trouvadore Shipwreck (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Grand Turk Historic Lighthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); The Northeast Reef (about 90 meters away, in a direct line); Grand Turk: The Original Columbus Landfall ? (about 90 meters away); Horatio Nelson Lookout Point (about 90 meters away); Miramar (approx. 4.7 kilometers away). Click for a list of all markers in Cockburn Town. |
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By Mike Stroud, February 11, 2011 | |
| | | 3. Lighthouse Keeper's Residence & Bermuda Kitchen | | |
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By Mike Stroud, February 11, 2011 | |
| | | 4. Grand Turk Lighthouse | | |
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By AGS Media, October 23, 2008 | |
| | | 5. The Historic Grand Turk Lighthouse | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on March 10, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 435 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 10, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 5. submitted on June 4, 2011, by Glenn Sheffield of Tampa, Florida.
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