George Worthylake

The foregoing excerpts are from the 1851-52 Report of the Lighthouse Board which was convened under instruction from the Secretary of the Treasury to inquire into the condition of the Lighthouse Establishment. In this part of the report, the Board was critical of the quality and the means of delivering supplies to light stations and of the lack of inspections of the stations. In other portions of the report, the board deplored the conditions of the lighthouses in this country, noting in two cases keepers were found missing, leaving small boys in charge.