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Ida Lewis

Ida Lewis – Lighthouse Keeper

Ida Lewis was an extraordinary woman who rescued and saved many people in trouble on the seas off Newport, Rhode Island, during the late 19th century and early 20th.
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Grace Darling

Grace Darling was the daughter of William Darling, a lighthouse keeper who was in the employ of Trinity House. Grace grew up with her family on the Northumberland coast and lived first in Brownsman Lighthouse.  In 1826 the family moved to the newly build Longstone Lighthouse, and it was here she become one of Victorian Englands greatest heroines.

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