Tag: Keepers of the Light
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Charlie Cottle – The Last Mumbles Lighthouse Keeper
In the tumultuous waters off Newport, Rhode Island, stood Mumbles Lighthouse, a beacon of solace for ships braving the treacherous Narragansett Bay. For thirty-five years, from 1898 to 1933, Charlie Cottle, the last keeper of Mumbles, braved storms and solitude, guiding vessels to safety with his faint but distinctive whistle. Cottle, a taciturn man of…