tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post3226328567562749351..comments2024-03-28T17:33:32.921-04:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: Winslow LewisPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-9435081989092664402017-09-19T07:49:25.203-04:002017-09-19T07:49:25.203-04:00electricity supplanted kerosene hmmmm how is the e...electricity supplanted kerosene hmmmm how is the electricity generated?? Wait, let me guess --- Gas-oline?? is used to generate the light... which is kind of like kerosene.(refined from oil) And there is not enough wind as a clean source of power but someone should harness the power of the WAVEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-6140208413567759342017-09-18T13:23:46.514-04:002017-09-18T13:23:46.514-04:00Sperm oil was the oil used in America's first ...Sperm oil was the oil used in America's first lighthouses. When the price became burdensome, the Lighthouse board considered colza oil, lard oil and kerosene. Sufficient quantities of kerosene to light our nation' lighthouses were not available until after 1859 (think Titusville, PA). Even then, the quality of kerosene was poor. By 1867 virtually all lighthouses were burning lard oil. After 1870, the board gradually shifted to the use of cheaper and now more refined kerosene. Eventually, electricity supplanted kerosene.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-35352328877747505972017-09-18T11:26:20.603-04:002017-09-18T11:26:20.603-04:00did the lighthouse ever burn kerosene to illuminat...did the lighthouse ever burn kerosene to illuminate the light. i suppose the early oil producers had the lightkeepers over a barrel when charging for oil to burn how some things don't change unless america reduces it's dependence on oil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com