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More News on Hatteras from OBLS - 06/24/99 07:06 AM
From Cheryl Roberts for the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society:
[This message has been edited by JChidester (edited 06-24-99).]
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Hello, everyone,
Movers have put the relocation on the "fast track" in order to move the lighthouse out of harm's way. Engineers agree that the lighthouse needs to be moved 850 feet away from the ocean's edge, the critical distance affording the National Historic Landmark a buffer from strong storm winds. To date, the lighthouse has moved a total 317 feet, and by the end of today, Wednesday, another 150 feet will have been gained.
Joe Jakubik, Project Manager with International Chimney Corporation (ICC) in Buffalo, NY, says the greatest time-saving devices for the movers are the hydraulic clamps for the push jacks. Instead of the time-consuming task of unbolting and rebolting the push jacks onto the roll beams after each five-foot push, the hydraulic clamps lock and unlock almost instantaneously.
Major players in the move, Expert House Movers, are working tirelessly to keep the steel mat leapfrogged in front of the moving lighthouse so the roll beams can then be moved from back to front, and the move kept as continuous as possible.
In the aerial view "Ocean's Edge" by Bruce Roberts, you can see how close the ocean is to the original foundation site. Note the half circle just inside the excavation...this is the original site, partially covered by the steel beam mat. An earthmover is pulling one of the steel beams in front of the lighthouse along the move corridor, recharging (leapfrogging) the move system.
Another look at the move in progress is in Bruce Robert's "Move System." The seven roll beams are evident. The seven main beams and built-in hydraulic jacks ride atop the roll beams on encased rollers, moved along by push jacks. The lighthouse moves silently one-to two inches per minute.
Thousands of visitors have gathered everyday to watch the momentous event. To be in the crowd and feel the excitement is a unique experience.
Move contractor, ICC, has emergency plans for dune repair should a sudden storm develop and damage the protective dune line.
Thanks to J.B. Ruffin & Associates for providing the list server capability to the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society so these updates can be brought to you at no charge.
Other interesting sites concerning the move:
www.outer-banks.com/lighthouse-society (be sure to look at the entire web project also)
http://ecnews.outer-banks.com
www.nps.gov/caha
(livecam there also, two views)
www.widomaker.com/~litehous/movie.html
The next issue of the Lighthouse News is at the printer and will be reaching members soon. Details of the Annual Keepers Dinner Sept. 11 at the Ramada Inn in Kill Devil Hills are included. Keynote speaker, Joe Jakubik, International Chimney Corp. Project Manager for the Cape Hatteras Relocation, will give a presentation of images and narration on "How We Moved the Lighthouse." Members have first chance at the limited 220 tickets available. After July 10 the details will be posted on the society's site www.outer-banks.com/lighthouse-society for nonmembers to have an opportunity to attend the affair.
For membership information, you may email web3755@charweb.org or do an auto reply to the address in this message.
Comments/suggestions are welcomed.
Outer Banks Lighthouse Society
Movers have put the relocation on the "fast track" in order to move the lighthouse out of harm's way. Engineers agree that the lighthouse needs to be moved 850 feet away from the ocean's edge, the critical distance affording the National Historic Landmark a buffer from strong storm winds. To date, the lighthouse has moved a total 317 feet, and by the end of today, Wednesday, another 150 feet will have been gained.
Joe Jakubik, Project Manager with International Chimney Corporation (ICC) in Buffalo, NY, says the greatest time-saving devices for the movers are the hydraulic clamps for the push jacks. Instead of the time-consuming task of unbolting and rebolting the push jacks onto the roll beams after each five-foot push, the hydraulic clamps lock and unlock almost instantaneously.
Major players in the move, Expert House Movers, are working tirelessly to keep the steel mat leapfrogged in front of the moving lighthouse so the roll beams can then be moved from back to front, and the move kept as continuous as possible.
In the aerial view "Ocean's Edge" by Bruce Roberts, you can see how close the ocean is to the original foundation site. Note the half circle just inside the excavation...this is the original site, partially covered by the steel beam mat. An earthmover is pulling one of the steel beams in front of the lighthouse along the move corridor, recharging (leapfrogging) the move system.
Another look at the move in progress is in Bruce Robert's "Move System." The seven roll beams are evident. The seven main beams and built-in hydraulic jacks ride atop the roll beams on encased rollers, moved along by push jacks. The lighthouse moves silently one-to two inches per minute.
Thousands of visitors have gathered everyday to watch the momentous event. To be in the crowd and feel the excitement is a unique experience.
Move contractor, ICC, has emergency plans for dune repair should a sudden storm develop and damage the protective dune line.
Thanks to J.B. Ruffin & Associates for providing the list server capability to the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society so these updates can be brought to you at no charge.
Other interesting sites concerning the move:
www.outer-banks.com/lighthouse-society (be sure to look at the entire web project also)
http://ecnews.outer-banks.com
www.nps.gov/caha
(livecam there also, two views)
www.widomaker.com/~litehous/movie.html
The next issue of the Lighthouse News is at the printer and will be reaching members soon. Details of the Annual Keepers Dinner Sept. 11 at the Ramada Inn in Kill Devil Hills are included. Keynote speaker, Joe Jakubik, International Chimney Corp. Project Manager for the Cape Hatteras Relocation, will give a presentation of images and narration on "How We Moved the Lighthouse." Members have first chance at the limited 220 tickets available. After July 10 the details will be posted on the society's site www.outer-banks.com/lighthouse-society for nonmembers to have an opportunity to attend the affair.
For membership information, you may email web3755@charweb.org or do an auto reply to the address in this message.
Comments/suggestions are welcomed.
Outer Banks Lighthouse Society
[This message has been edited by JChidester (edited 06-24-99).]