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Hello, everyone,
The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse will complete its horizontal lift today,
raising it approximately six feet.
In the attached image, courtesy the National Park Service, you can see work
ongoing just prior to the lift (this is an earlier picture). Still at
ground level are the main beams, which are the big beams extending below
the plywood on which the movers are standing. Jacks with their heads
pointed downward are built-in, between the two flanges of the duplex main
beams. Pressurized jacks lifted the lighthouse in approximately one-foot
increments.
The blue box is the pump for the oil to feed the hydraulic jacks. Situated
on the "back" of the lighthouse, this machine is "like the motor in a car
just before the transmission," President Rick Lohr of International Chimney
Corporation, move contractor, states in a phone conversation Wednesday. The
oil is pumped to the hydraulic jacks including the push "rams" or push
jacks that will be bolted to the roll beams and push the main beams on
their sets of rollers. Hoses running from the individual jacks are attached
to the red unified jack system control/monitor panel to the right.
The red "box" under a rain shield is the control panel for the one hundred
jacks in the unified jack system. This control panel monitors and controls
the pressure of each jack. The jacks do the lifting, lowering, and along
with the steel support system, support the lighthouse during the relocation
process.
Roll beams are now being installed.
The steel beam mat is being laid in front of the lighthouse along the move
corridor to insure a smooth glide with the load of the tower spread evenly.
A 70' x 70' steel mat remains under the lighthouse with about 40' of steel
mat extending in front of it that is leapfrogged as the move progresses.
The lateral movement of the lighthouse is predicted to begin sometime next
week. Stay tuned!
New plans for the completion of the relocation site foundation call for
brick (instead of concrete infill) to dovetail the concrete pad at the new
site with the base of the tower, making it a continuous entity for great
strength. Every brick will be hand-laid.
Next Thursday, we will have another update and image(s). You will get to
see the tower lifted and roll beams in place under the mains. Push jacks
will be positioned under the mains, clamped to the roll beams. And she'll
be ready to begin a landmark move!
For more details on the above listed parts of the move, see the June 2
update. Information below tells you where you may find this. If you want to
receive any specific update, email society@ncnets.net
For more information, check these websites:
http://ecnews.outer-banks.com has these updates posted. Note there is no www.
If you cannot access this directly, try
http://www.outer-banks.com and
follow the links. You may also link to this excellent site by going to the
webpage of the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society courtesy JB Ruffin and
Associates at
http://www.outer-banks.com/lighthouse-society WITN-TV of Greenville/Washington, North Carolina has installed a camera so
still views of the ongoing work at the Cape Hatteras Light Station can be
seen. You can find this at
http://www.nps.gov/caha/livecam.htm with
updates also posted on the
www.nps.gov/caha/lrp.htm webpage as well.
For those of you just joining us, an archive of these updates to bring you
up-to-speed can be accessed at
http://www.outer-banks.com/lighthouse-society/articles.cfmRemember that you may remove your name from this listserve at anytime by
an auto reply to this message and "remove" in the subject line or email
society@ncnets.net Should you receive duplicate messages or the remove does
not work, just let the society know. We now have 2,000+ list subscribers
from all over the U.S. and Canada and Europe and Australia.
The Annual Keepers Dinner for the society is to be held September 11, 1999,
at the Ramada Inn in Kill Devil Hills beginning at 5 pm. Among the
momentous parts of the dinner will be live entertainment from Bett Padgett,
creator of the musical CD "Hatteras, If a Lighthouse Could Speak," Joe
Jakubik of International Chimney will give a slide presentation of the
relocation project, and an auction of very interesting move memorabilia
including hardhats worn and signed by the movers and engineers on the
project, plus some surprises. All proceeds go to the furnishing of the
keepers quarters along with exhibits and interpretation. For more details
on our dinner (only 220 tickets available) please email web3755@charweb.org
A chance for bidding on the hardhats will be first presented to members of
the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society in September by mail. Opportunities will
then be given to list server subscribers, and to interested individuals
online at our website. Watch for details.
Outer Banks Lighthouse Society
