Remember the oak cabinet that Cousin Kenny built for us?
Well we finally brought it out to Graves this week, in two pieces, and set it up on the first floor.
It’s an exact copy of the 1905 “Service Cabinet” used at Graves to organize the oil lamps and their gear. We have put the cabinet to its original use. As seen in the picture, it now stores genuine, antique, US Light House Service oil pitchers, wick maintenance kit, glass lamp chimneys, and other equipment.
The US Coast Guard provided us with the original plans from more than a century ago. Kennedy made this exact replica, to precise specifications, from the Coast Guard plans.
Well done, Kenny!
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- Kenny at the firehouse with the exact replica cabinet he built in Connecticut.
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- Hoisting the cabinet from the dinghy to the dock.
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- In its new and final home, the first floor of Graves Light.
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- Storing antique, original US Light House Service oil cans and lamp parts.
