Digest>Jul/Aug 2014
Photo Caption:
Lighthouse keeper Ottawa Benson is shown here lighting the lamp in the tower at Southwest Head Lighthouse before it was to be discontinued the next day and replaced by the new lighthouse tower. Ottawa Benson passed away at the age of 75 on December 13, 1982. He had spent nearly 30 years of his life as a lighthouse keeper. (Photo taken by Elmer Wilcox, Lighthouse Digest archives.) Back to the edition of: Jul/Aug 2014
Story:
Rescue at Southwest Head
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