Historic Gay Head Lighthoe on the move | CNN

Contents:

• GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE MOVE IS PLETE
• HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON THE MOVE
• GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON MARTHA'S VEYARD IS BEG MOVED
• HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON MARTHA'S VEYARD MOVED INLAND
• MOVE OVER BUD LIGHT, GAY WATER IS HERE AND IT’S QUEER
• GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE MOVE IS PLETE — MV TIM
• GAY HEAD LIGHT
• AFTER REMARKABLE RELOTN, HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE SH AGA
• GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE IS ON THE MOVE – WEBM

GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE MOVE IS PLETE

On Saturday, the Gay Head Light reached s fal stop on a 129-foot journey back om the se had occupied sce 1844, and which after more than a century of erosn was prerly close to the edge of the cliff. The Gay Head Lighthoe on Martha's Veyard was threatened by years of erosn. Prerly perched Gay Head Lighthoe is on the move Martha’s Veyard.

“The lighthoe is immediate danger of topplg over the edge of the Gay Head Cliffs, a nsequence of a century of erosn and the direct impact of climate change, ” the Natnal Tst for Historic Prervatn’s webse said s listg of the 1854 lighthoe on s 2013 list of the Most Endangered Historic Plac. Before started movg, the lighthoe was jt 46 feet om the edge of Gay Head Cliffs.

“The Gay Head Lighthoe is really one of the inic landmarks that intifi this island. Coast Guard and will still functn as a bean to marers after s move, acrdg to a Gay Head Lighthoe webse operated by a mtee anized to save the historic stcture. In 1856, Gay Head was one of the first lightho the Uned Stat to receive a Frnel lens, acrdg to the Natnal Tst for Historic Prervatn.

HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON THE MOVE

— An inic lighthoe on Martha's Veyard is set to beg a multi-day trek to a new home farther $3 ln effort to move the Gay Head Lighthoe, among the most endangered historic landmarks the U. S., would prevent the 160-year-old stcture om tumblg down the rapidly-erodg bean was a cril waypot for marers navigatg the sometim foggy astle durg the heyday of the whalg tra, which was centered around southeastern Massachetts muni like Martha's Veyard durg the 19th, 's a popular tourist statn on the sparsely populated wtern edge of the famo rort island, which also is home to the ferally-regnized Aqunah Wampanoag Gay Head Lighthoe stands on Martha's Veyard Aqunah, Eisen / Bloomberg via Getty ImagThe lighthoe move had been slated to start June 10 but was phed up to Thursday bee of favorable weather and faster-than-expected se preparatn already have hoisted the 400-ton brick-and-mortar lighthoe about six feet off the ground and placed on a wood-and-steel ame ready for the move.

Workers movg the Gay Head Lighthoe, which settled to s new lotn Saturday, May 30, 2015. (Charl Kpa/AP)On Martha's Veyard, the 160-year-old Gay Head Lighthoe has been succsfully moved away om an erodg Saturday afternoon, workers fished movg the lighthoe farther land along steel rails g powerful hydrlic pistons.

GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON MARTHA'S VEYARD IS BEG MOVED

Experts believe Gay Head Lighthoe will now be safe for another hundred years. Loted on the sparsely populated, wtern edge of the rort island, Gay Head Light has been a cril waypot for marers sce the peak of the whalg tra the 19th Head Light flash a whe signal on Oct.

"View om unrneath the Gay Head Lighthoe on Martha's Veyard, which pleted s move land Saturday, May 30, 2015. Another challengg nsiratn was the social, enomic, and staable velopment of the Gay Head Lighthoe project.

HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON MARTHA'S VEYARD MOVED INLAND

The Gay Head Cliffs and surroundg lands have a sacred anctral and signifint cultural importance to the Wampanoag Tribe. After 2-1/2 days, the Gay Head Lighthoe was succsfully moved a distance of 129 feet away om the erodg cliff and onto s new foundatn, 12 days ahead of schle. The Gay Head Cliffs and surroundg lands, which are owned by the native Wampanoag Tribe, did not experience any adverse damage durg the relotn.

Why is the Gay Head Lighthoe beg moved? Who owns the Gay Head Lighthoe?

Will The Gay Head Lighthoe still be a functng navigatnal vice? The Gay Head Light is undoubtedly the most regnized stcture Aqunah.

MOVE OVER BUD LIGHT, GAY WATER IS HERE AND IT’S QUEER

*Photo cred: Gay Water via Instagram.

Where Bud Light sks, Gay Water ris to the ocsn.

On Thursday, the brightly-packaged nned alholic beverage Gay Water lnched s way to happy hours.

GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE MOVE IS PLETE — MV TIM

Named after the nickname given to the vodka and soda bo that’s equently orred gay bars, Gay Water wants to be the drk of choice for the queer muny. Spencer Hodson, a gay man, created the product wh the LGBTQ+ muny md. Hodson created Gay Water to be out, loud, and proud.

And while Gay Water’s four sugar-ee flavors, watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu, n be purchased select retailers, Gay Water’s reach is expand through onle sal. “Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self. Sometim great ias start om vatn nversatns, as did the creatn of Gay Water.

GAY HEAD LIGHT

Wh that, Hodson believ that ’s “exactly the right time” to enter Gay Water to the market. Gay Water is here to turn the tis wh a premixed cktail that was tentnally signed for everyone. Gay Head Light: A Bean of Light but also History and Communy.

AFTER REMARKABLE RELOTN, HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE SH AGA

The Gay Head Light is the olst lighthoe on Martha's Veyard and s story is a fascatg and prer one. To those faiar wh the waters surroundg the Gay Head Light there is a ledge known as Devil's Bridge, and for good reason; 's a prer rocky shoal that has claimed ships and liv, while also beg a nsistently reliable fishg spot for many of the same reasons that make so dangero.

In 1799 The Commonwealth of Massachetts ed two acr to the feral ernment for the se of the Gay Head Lighthoe. It's said that the nstctn of the origal Gay Head Light took the work of some of our untry's foundg fathers.

The origal Gay Head Light was built on s se Aqunah at the extreme wtern end of Martha's Veyard as a woon stcture 1799. After havg been exhibed at the World's Fair Paris the 1, 008-prism Frnel lens was stalled the Gay Head Light 1856.

GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE IS ON THE MOVE – WEBM

The bricks ed to nstct the new Gay Head Light were said to have been posed of clay harvted om the nearby cliffs or the nearby Chilmark Brick Works. The new and improved Gay Head Light of the 1800s was a sight to behold and tourists began flockg to the landmark to set ey on s new lens and the geo astal cliffs below.

After spendg nearly a century the Gay Head Light, the Frnel lens was replaced wh an tomated electric bean and transported to the Martha's Veyard Mm's Edgartown mp 1952. Acrdg to the town of Aqunah, by 1956 the Gay Head Light was fully tomated and the nearby lightkeeper's ttage was torn down.