In the days before automation, the lighthouse keeper had to stay up all night to keep the lights burning.

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The last on-site lighthouse keeper left in 1965 when it became fully automated and operated from Harwich.

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In Turkey a cigerci is a seller of liver and lungs and the Danish have a fyrassistent - an assistant lighthouse keeper.

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