The lighthouse was rated in “fair” condition, with serious maintenance issues: corroded ironwork, cracked masonry, deteriorating windows, and a lantern room battered by salt air. The interior paint, ...

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Cape Elizabeth, Maine Standing proudly at the edge of Fort Williams Park, the Portland Head Light is perhaps one of the most ...

BUXTON, N.C. (WNCT) — Friday, Congressman Greg Murphy visited the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Restoration Project site in Buxton to get a briefing on the status of the project. The lighthouse is ...

The Cape Hatteras lighthouse was famously moved over 23 days in June and July 1999, when it was cut from its granite foundation, lifted onto rails and rolled 2,900 feet inland.

The National Park Service conducts a tour of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse restoration project on Monday, July 1, 2024. The project is expected to cost $19.2 million and will include replacing ...

The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is surrounded by scaffolding against the night sky as it undergoes restoration on Sunday, June 30, 2024. The project is expected to cost $19.2 million and will include ...

Scaffolding has started to be added around the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in preparation for the extensive interior and exterior restoration work to come. In the next several months, the full […] ...

The extensive, $19.2 million Cape Hatteras Lighthouse restoration project begins in earnest Monday. “When this lighthouse project is done, the lighthouse will be in better shape than it has been ...

The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is about to get its most extensive renovation since its beacon first warned mariners of Diamond Shoals on Dec. 16, 1870. Now approaching its 155th anniversary, the ...