$3.6 million construction begins on Ocracoke Light Station
Just one month after its groundbreaking event, the Ocracoke Light Station project is underway.
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Just one month after its groundbreaking event, the Ocracoke Light Station project is underway.
Construction efforts will include removal of shrubs and saplings growing near the house, adding construction fencing and demolishing the interior to raise the house.
Construction work is proceeding for a $3.6 million project to raise and make repairs to the Double Keepers’ Quarters (DKQ) and other structures at Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s Ocracoke Light Station. Terra Site Constructors LLC has been contracted to complete the project.
Neither the theft of four casks of whale oil nor the bombardment by a patriot raiding party during the Revolutionary War were able to permanently darken the Sandy Hook Lighthouse, a stout, eight-sided structure that continues to warn vessels off the shoals of Raritan Bay.
The National Parks Service is inviting the public to attend a groundbreaking event for the Ocracoke Light Station project on Dec. 7