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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2025.100.84 |
Collection |
A Window on the Past columns |
Object Name |
Clipping |
Reference code |
US SPHi 2025.100.84 |
Title |
First lighthouse keepers at Bug Light - 1855-1875 |
Date |
2025 |
Scope & Content |
Feature story about the first lighthouse keepers at Portland Breakwater Light, also known as Bug Light, in South Portland, Maine. The first keepers were: - W.A. Dyer - 1855-1857 - believed to be Captain Woodbury Dyer's son William who died of yellow fever in Cuba in 1857 - William Lee Willard - 1857-1860 (upon death) - Benjamin F. Willard - 1860-1861 - brother of William Lee Willard - Benjamin B. Walton - 1861-1866 - Levi Strout - 1866-1867 - Paul McKenney - 1867-1875 A Window on the Past history column by Kathryn Onos DiPhilippo, executive director of the South Portland Historical Society. Published on the South Portland Historical Society blog on wordpress.com, August 8, 2025. |
Search Terms |
A Window on the Past (news columns) Bug Light |
People |
DiPhilippo, Kathryn Onos Dyer, W.A. (first keeper at Bug Light) Willard, William Lee (keeper, 1834-1860, son of Benjamin) Willard, Benjamin F. (Captain/keeper, 1831-1874, son of Benjamin) Walton, Benjamin B. (lighthouse keeper) McKenney, Paul (lighthouse keeper) |