Island Prepar for Gay Head Light Relotn – Gay Head Lighthoe

Contents:

• HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON THE MOVE
• AFTER REMARKABLE RELOTN, HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE SH AGA
• GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE MOVE IS PLETE
• ISLAND PREPAR FOR GAY HEAD LIGHT RELOTN

HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON THE MOVE

Another challengg nsiratn was the social, enomic, and staable velopment of the Gay Head Lighthoe project. 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.

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.

AFTER REMARKABLE RELOTN, HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE SH AGA

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.

Perhaps the most nnected to the Gay Head Lighthoe is Martha, who grew up hearg stori om her father about a childhood as a light keeper’s son and how the whole fay ntributed to s operatn and upkeep.

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. Islanrs will have a fal opportuny to vis the Gay Head Lighthoe s current lotn on Saturday, April 11 when lighthoe keepers Richard Skidmore and Joan LeLachr will open the buildg om 2 to 5 p.

The Gay Head Light open hoe will be the culmatn of a week of activy to prepare for the actual relotn of the island in late May.

Coast Guard will be erectg a temporary bean on the Gay Head Cliffs overlook on Tuday, April 7. The Gay Head Lighthoe, a Martha’s Veyard treasure and one of Ameri’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Plac of 2013, currently ss 46 feet (Aug 2013) om an erodg cliff, and geologil experts remend should be moved before the area around is not stable enough to safely do so. The Save the Gay Head Lighthoe Commtee is workg to save this inic stcture and s workg navigatnal bean, which has stood at the picturque cliffs of the wternmost tip of the island sce 1799 and was replaced wh the current brick lighthoe 1854.

ISLAND PREPAR FOR GAY HEAD LIGHT RELOTN

The mtee’s objective is to move and rtore the Gay Head Lighthoe to a lotn that will sta for many generatns.