Lighthouse from a distance shortly after it was moved. If all goes according to plan, the tower will be open to the public again by mid-summer. Photo:
Albert O. Fischer
With the summer season picking up, managers for the Gay Head Light relocation project hope to have the site mostly restored by the Fourth of July. About half the excavated soil has been returned to the site and a new concrete-block foundation is nearly complete.
On May 30, the lighthouse came to rest about six feet above a large concrete pad, well east of the eroding Gay Head cliffs. A network of steel beams beneath the lighthouse was removed this week, leaving the 400-ton structure resting entirely on its new foundation.