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Re-order Paragraphs

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Re-order Paragraphs

Arrange the sentences into the correct order.

Put the sentences in the correct order:

  1. Consequently, most lighthouses today operate unmanned, and the keeper's job has become little more than a historical curiosity.
  2. When electric bulbs and automated timers were introduced in the twentieth century, the need for someone to tend the flame by hand began to disappear.
  3. This routine often meant weeks of isolation on remote rocks or islands, far from family and ordinary conveniences.
  4. Each evening, a keeper would climb the tower's spiral staircase to light the lamp and ensure it stayed lit until sunrise.
  5. For centuries, lighthouse keepers were entrusted with guiding ships safely past treacherous coastlines.