the.com/lighthouse keeper
A job where the loneliness was the qualification, not the side effect.
polishing dutyBrass lenses needed daily cleaning to stay blinding
automation killed itLast US manned light went automatic in 1998
three-man ruleSome stations required trios after a keeper went mad
the wickiesNicknamed for trimming oil-lamp wicks all night
flannan mysteryThree Scottish keepers vanished in 1900, never found