The Last Lampist: Featuring Jim Woodward

Jim Woodward is a lampist. A what, you ask? A lampist's main job is to keep the enormous, delicate glass lenses of lighthouse lights in tip-top shape so that...

This is the story of Jim Woodward, the last Lampist in the United States. Jim is the specialist who works to maintain lighthouse lenses, a profession whose numbers have fallen off over the years. Watch the video and hear his story about being one of the last of his kind.