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File Type:
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First Name:
Thomas
Last Name:
Orcutt
Type: Light Keeper
Image Source:
Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
H.
Born:
1833
Died:
1906
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1883
Year Departed:
1884
Begin Salary:
400
End Salary:
400
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred and Promoted
Year Started:
1884
Year Departed:
1886
Begin Salary:
400
End Salary:
400
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1886
Year Departed:
1905
Begin Salary:
500
End Salary:
540
Source:
Register of Lighthouse Keepers
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Entered Date:
May 23, 2018
Keeper Orcutt's dog, Sailor, was famous for pulling the rope to sound the fog bell.