Gay Head Lighthoe on Martha's Veyard moved land 135 feet $3M operatn | Daily Mail Onle

Contents:

• HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON THE MOVE
• GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE MOVE IS PLETE
• HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON MARTHA'S VEYARD MOVED INLAND
• GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE MOVE IS PLETE — MV TIM
• GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON MARTHA'S VEYARD MOVED LAND 135 FEET $3M OPERATN
• GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON MARTHA'S VEYARD IS BEG MOVED
• GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE IS ON THE MOVE – WEBM
• AFTER REMARKABLE RELOTN, HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE SH AGA
• GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE
• MEET THE BUILR WHO IS MOVG THE HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE

HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON THE MOVE

“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.

GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE MOVE IS PLETE

“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.

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. 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.

GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE MOVE IS PLETE — MV TIM

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. 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.

Martha's Veyard lighthoe moved 135ft land $3M hydrlic operatn to stop fallg off a CLIFF om erosn Gay Head Lighthoe Aqunah, Massachetts, is 160-years-oldOcean wav and groundwater have erod the cliff several feet each yearDanger of immently slidg off the cliff to the waterCrews started movg land Thursday g a work of hydrlic jacksIt should make the whole 135 feet by Saturday Published: 21:09 BST, 28 May 2015 | Updated: 23:03 BST, 28 May 2015 Advertisement. Powerful hydrlic pistons ched the 160-year-old Gay Head Lighthoe roughly 5 feet along steel rails lathered wh soap jt before noon. The 52-foot-high, 400-ton brick-and-mortar stcture is expected to arrive at s fal statn — a ncrete pad about 135 feet due southeast — as soon as pastakgly dug unr the lighthoe earlier this month to lift about 6 feet off the ground, g a work of hydrlic jacks and wood-and-steel down for vio Close to the edge: The Gay Head lighthoe Martha's Veyard - which is jt feet om the edge of the cliff due to astal erosn - began s move land on Thursday g a work of hydrlic jacks Big move: A worker builds an I-beam rail to move the Gay Head Lighthoe Aqunah, Massachetts The 160-year-old lighthoe started a multi-day trek to a new home slightly further land.

GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON MARTHA'S VEYARD MOVED LAND 135 FEET $3M OPERATN

The $3 ln effort to move and save the stcture was due to fear that uld tumble down a rapidly-erodg cliffsi A worker checks the level a rryg I-beam rail, while movg the Gay Head Lighthoe Aqunah The beams were greased wh Ivory soap orr for the tracks to sli better across the tracks The bean, loted on the sparsely populated, wtern edge of the rort island, has been a cril waypot for marers sce the peak of the whalg tra the 19th century, warng ships of the astle and treachero shoal that extends about a half-e to the, the lighthoe and s dramatic, brilliantly lored cliffsi perch are a mt-see statn for Vanrhoop, a longtime charter fishg pta whose great uncle was the lighthoe's first keeper, was among a handful of lols on hand Thursday to observe the start of the move.

' Major tourist hub: Print Barack Obama, left, walks around Gay Head Lighthoe while on vatn on Martha's Veyard Augt 2009The roughly $3. Richard Pomroy, the project's general manager, said workers hope to have the lighthoe back open to the public by early project's crew clus seasoned movers that have reloted five lightho, cludg the famed Cape Hatteras Light North Gay Head Lighthoe has stood vigil over Veyard Sound sce 1856 and a bean has existed on the cliffs sce 1799.

— 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. Began to move the Gay Head Lighthoe back om the lotn has occupied for more than a century.

GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE ON MARTHA'S VEYARD IS BEG MOVED

Thursday morng, wh the inic Gay Head Lighthoe the background, a crowd that clud Island rints, visors, and reporters gathered on the platform that will be s fal statn after s three day journey. Project lears plan to open the Gay Head Lighthoe to the public by July, when they said there would be a ceremony to celebrate the project.

Gay Head Light is supported by a grid of I-beams unr two 24-ch layers of grane that unrp the lighthoe. For more than 200 years, the Gay Head Lighthoe has provid a wele bean to marers the waters off the wt end of Martha’s Veyard. Gay Head Light was tablished 1799, and nsisted of a keeper’s dwellg and an octagonal tower, which guid marers past Devil’s Bridge, a dangero rock ledge that extends out to the northwt om the cliffs, and prents a hazard at the wt entrance to Veyard Sound.

GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE IS ON THE MOVE – WEBM

In 1796, Peleg Coff of Nantucket wrote to his ngrsman Washgton, requtg a lighthoe at Gay Head for “the nvenience and tert of Nantucket. In 1852, a Lighthoe Board report listed Gay Head Light as one of the most important lightho on the Atlantic Coast due to the amount of mare traffic that passed beneath s gaze.

AFTER REMARKABLE RELOTN, HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE SH AGA

Bee of s strategic lotn, Gay Head Light received one of the first Frnel lens the Uned Stat 1854.

On May 15, 1874, the light was changed om jt “flashg whe” to “three wh and one red” to distguish Gay Head and elimate nfn wh any other flash.

GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE

5, 2013, Aqunah voters agreed to purchase the Gay Head Lighthoe and iate the procs to prerve, rtore, and relote .

The Save the Gay Head Light Commtee set about raisg the timated st of $3 ln need to move the stcture to a more stable lotn. Secretary of the Interr Secretary Sally Jewell agreed to transfer ownership of the Gay Head Light om the feral ernment to the town of Aqunah. A lighthoe on the Massachetts island of Martha’s Veyard, among the most endangered historic landmarks the US, is to beg a trek to a new home further $3m project to move the Gay Head Lighthoe will 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 centred on Massachetts muni such as Martha’s Veyard durg the is a popular tourist statn on the sparsely populated wtern edge of the famo rort island, which also is home to the ferally regnised Aqunah Wampanoag lighthoe move was due to start on 10 June but was brought forward bee of favourable weather and faster-than-expected se preparatn already have hoisted the 400-tonne brick-and-mortar lighthoe about six feet off the ground and placed on a wood and steel ame ready for the move.

Advot say movg the lighthoe has bee more urgent recent years bee nstant landslis, pummellg ocean wav and flowg groundwater have erod the brilliantly loured Gay Head cliffs, often at a rate of several feet a lighthoe is now jt 46ft om the clay and sandstone cliff edge. 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. Perched atop strikg, multi-lored cliffs at the wtern end of Martha�s Veyard, Gay Head Lighthoe occupi a picture-perfect lotn.

MEET THE BUILR WHO IS MOVG THE HISTORIC GAY HEAD LIGHTHOE

This name, however, failed to stick, and by the 1660s, the area beme monly known as Gay Head, due to the headland�s gaily-lored cliffs.

The area around Gay Head has been home to Wampanoag Indians for thoands of years, and to this day many lol rints are members of the tribe. In 1998, the town neart the lighthoe changed s name om Gay Head to Aqunah, which is Wampanoag for �end of the island. The passage between Gay Head and the Elizabeth Islands to the wt is treachero for marime traffic due to the submerged obstctn lled Devil�s Bridge, which extends seaward om Gay Head.

In 1796, a Massachetts State Senator asked for a lighthoe to protect the numero vsels passg through Veyard Sound, and 1798 Congrs approved $5, 750 to build a lighthoe at Gay Head. The origal Gay Head Lighthoe, an octagonal woon tower built on a stone base, was acpanied by a woon keeper�s dwellg, a barn, and an oil storage buildg. Ebenezer Skiff, the first European to live the town of Gay Head, ma the gural lightg of the spir lamp si the tower�s lantern room on November 18, 1799.