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Guezennec's replacement, Minou, had a similar experience. The French government then reclassified Tévennec as a two-man lighthouse; however, applications were rare. In 1897 the government began recruiting married couples to keep the lighthouse. Some unexplained deaths occurred. The first couple to accept the job were the Milliners. The most durable keepers, Louis and Marie-Jacquette Quéméré, followed them with their three children and a cow and remained five years. In 1907 a new couple replaced them, Msr. Roparz and his wife. More deaths occurred and a storm destroyed a part of the lighthouse while the keeper's wife was in childbirth. The lighthouse was automated in 1910.
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The lighthouse was classified as the fourth category, requiring a single keeper and a service period of a year. A series of 23 keepers lived at the light until automation. According to legend, the first lighthouse keeper, Henri
Guezennec, was driven insane by ghostly voices demanding his departure.
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lighthouse at the west end of the Chaussée, began in 1867 and was completed in 1880. This aided navigation for ships taking the route to the west of the Chaussée. There is also a passage between the
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According to Jean-Christophe Fichou and
Francis Dreyer, the lighthouse is said to be "one of the strangest places in the history of lighthouses," and is rumored to be haunted.
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Harbours and docks : their physical features, history, construction, equipment, and maintenance, with statistics as to their commercial development
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in securing the passage of the Raz de Sein, which presents many difficulties. The rocks near Tévennec were historically known as
Stevenet Banks.
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