Gay Head Lighthoe story airs Wednday on ‘Nova’ - The Martha's Veyard Tim

Contents:

• KEEPERS OF THE LIGHT
• KEEPERS OF THE LIGHT
• HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON THE MOVE
• GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE PROJECT WAS RECENTLY FEATURED PBS DOCUMENTARY
• DOCUMENTARY ON VEYARD'S GAY HEAD LIGHT GETS WI RELEASE
• GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE
• GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE STORY AIRS WEDNDAY ON ‘NOVA’

KEEPERS OF THE LIGHT

Watch KEEPERS OF THE LIGHT (as seen on PBS) about the amazg history of the Gay Head light. Built over 200 years ago a small Wampanoag muny at the tip of an island off the East Coast, the Gay Head Lighthoe is one of Ameri’s most famo beans.

Workers ready to move the Gay Head Light back om the erodg cliff-face Aquhah on Martha's Veyard, May 28, 2015. (AP) — A 65-mute documentary film about efforts to save the Gay Head Lighthoe on Martha’s Veyard is gog natnwi.

Wham grew up Aqunah, wh the beam of the Gay Head Light shg her bedroom every night. NovaCast & crewUser reviewsEpiso aired May 4, 2016TV-PG53mEngeers work to save historic Gay Head Lighthoe on Martha's Veyard, which is fallg victim to the ocean's erosn of the island's cliffs.

KEEPERS OF THE LIGHT

Engeers work to save historic Gay Head Lighthoe on Martha's Veyard, which is fallg victim to the ocean's erosn of the island's cliffs. Engeers work to save historic Gay Head Lighthoe on Martha's Veyard, which is fallg victim to the ocean's erosn of the island's productn, box office & pany PhotosReview Slow but probably for a select dienceLet's face everyone is gog to be terted a documentary about movg a lighthoe. In fact, 's very well done Gay Head Lighthoe on Martha's Veyard has been trouble.

Gay Head Lighthoe om Nate Bolt on Vimeo. On Martha's Veyard, historic Gay Head Lighthoe is close to topplg to the ocean.

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.

HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON THE MOVE

Before started movg, the lighthoe was jt 46 feet om the edge of Gay Head Cliffs.

GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE PROJECT WAS RECENTLY FEATURED PBS DOCUMENTARY

“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.

The Gay Head Lighthoe was the first lighthoe nstcted on Martha’s Veyard. In 1796, bee both islands were eply volved the whalg dtry, marime traffic had creased to the pot that Peleg Coff of Nantucket wrote his Congrsman askg for a light to be erected at Gay Head.

DOCUMENTARY ON VEYARD'S GAY HEAD LIGHT GETS WI RELEASE

In 1799 The Commonwealth of Massachetts ed two acr and four rods to the feral ernment for the se of the Gay Head Lighthoe.

This thorizatn was to help facilate safe passage for shippg traffic through the hazardo Veyard Sound between the Gay Head clay cliffs and the Elizabeth Islands. 1852 saw the Feral Lighthoe Board issue a 760-page report statg that Gay Head Lighthoe was “not send to any on the eastern ast, and should be fted, whout lay, wh a first-orr illumatg apparat. ” In 1853 lighthoe keeper Samuel Flanrs reported to the Veyard Gazette: “Gay Head is to have a new lighthoe, 5 or 6 rods back om the prent one, a new dwellg hoe is also to be erected”.

The prevly dim Gay Head Light was now bright enough to be nfed wh the send orr Frnel lens that was the Sankaty Light on Nantucket, and at least one shipwreck occurred.

GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE

Before beg shipped to the Uned Stat, the Frnel lens missned for the Gay Head Light was exhibed at the 1855 Paris Exhibn of Indtry, and won first-prize.

At the time of stallatn, Gay Head was listed as one of the most important lighthoe lotns the Uned Stat.

After stallatn, the Gay Head Light received nsirable publicy. On May 15, 1874, the beam pattern was changed om jt flashg whe to three wh and one red, to distguish Gay Head om all other lights along the East Coast.

GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE STORY AIRS WEDNDAY ON ‘NOVA’

Vanrhoop, Sr., a member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aqunah), beme the first Wampanoag keeper 1920.

By 1956 the Gay Head Light was fully tomated and the keeper’s ttage was torn down. From 1956 to 1985, the tomated Gay Head Light was spargly mataed by the Uned Stat Coast Guard. In the mid-1980s, due to Uned Stat Coast Guard fundg shortag, the Gay Head Light along wh two other Martha’s Veyard lightho (East Chop Light and Edgartown Harbor Light) were listed for stctn.

This lighthoe license gave plete ntrol over the management and matenance of Gay Head Light stcture (except the aid to navigatn) and s surroundg grounds. The proceeds om the lighthoe benefs were applied to a major rtoratn of the Gay Head Light, and plans were ma to open the light and grounds to the public. The Gay Head Light was reopened to the public 1986 for the first time sce s closure 1956.