Glossary - Part W

•  Watch Room: A room, usually located immediately beneath the lantern room, outfitted with windows through which a lighthouse keeper could observe water conditions during storm periods.

•  Whistle: An air or wave actuated sound signal, which produces sound by emitting compressed air through a circumferential slot into a cylindrical bell chamber.

•  Wick Solid: A solid cord used in spider lamps that draws fuel up to the flame by capillary action.

•  Wickie: A nickname given to lighthouse keepers, derived from the task of trimming the wick of the lamps.

•  Wooden Prism Shims: Small pieces of wood used to attain and hold the proper position of a glass lens element in the frame before it is permanently secured by litharge putty.