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Tag: U.S. Lighthouse Service Keeper Barbara Mabrity

Official Service photo of namesake 175-foot Keeper-Class buoy tender Coast Guard Cutter Barbara Mabrity. (U.S. Coast Guard Collection)

March 26, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Barbara Mabrity—Long-time Lighthouse Keeper and Hurricane Heroine

Barbara Mabrity, or someone from her family, kept the Key West Light for 82 of its 89 years of manned operation. And, for most of the Mabrity years, a female family member oversaw operation of the light.

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