Gay Head Light Relocation Project Proceeds

The relocation project to save the Gay Head Lighthouse is moving ahead very quickly now that excavation is well underway.

Wooden "corset" stabilizes tower prior to move
Aerial view of excavation site
Excavation of new location proceeds
Glacial boulder uncovered during excavation
Keeper Richard Skidmore and Save the Gay Head Lighthouse committee building chairman, Len Butler after beacon is extinguished
ON to OFF
Lighthouse Keeper Richard Skidmore prepares to shut down the beacon
Last moment of the beacon's red flash, April 16, 2015
The quiet light