Avery Point Lighthouse - APLS
Helping to Relight History
 

RELIGHT - OCTOBER 15, 2006


"Six years and a Half Million Dollars Later"

 
A chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation


Thanks to Dale Treadway for these photos of the repainting of the Lantern Room at Avery Point Lighthouse on Sept. 1, 2007

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Mike & Dave, both Petty Officer volunteers, drive the condor lift up the incline from the parking lot to get it into position to scrape old paint off the Avery Point Lighthouse Lantern Room in preparation for painting it. (Note: camera date is incorrect, it should read the 1st)
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Mike & Dave, both Petty Officer volunteers, drive the condor lift up the incline from the parking lot to get it into position to scrape old paint off the Avery Point Lighthouse Lantern Room in preparation for painting it. (Note: camera date is incorrect it should read the 1st) 
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Mike & Dave, Petty Officers volunteers ride the condor lift as the get it into position to scrape at the Avery Point Lighthouse Lantern Room in preparation for painting it. (Note: camera date is incorrect it should read the 1st)
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Petty Officers volunteers ride the condor lift up to the Lantern Room in order to scrape the old & flaking paint from it. 
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Petty Officers volunteers ride the condor lift up to the Lantern Room in order to scrape the old & flaking paint from it. 
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Petty Officers volunteers ride the condor lift up to the Lantern Room in order to scrape the old & flaking paint from it. 
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Petty Officers volunteers ride the condor lift up to the Lantern Room in order to scrape the old & flaking paint from it. 
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Petty Officers volunteers ride the condor lift up to the Lantern Room in order to scrape the old & flaking paint from it. 
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Jim Streeter approaches the Lighthouse carrying the volunteer's lunches
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Jim Streeter leaving the Lighthouse after bringing the volunteer's their lunches
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Alayne Treadway & Jim Streeter look at the section of Memorial walkway recently coated with a test preservative that hopefully, not only protects brings out the inscriptions 
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The test section
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Day 2, The newly scrapped Lantern Room atop the Avery Point Lighthouse 
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Jay and Irma in the parking lot adjacent to the Lighthouse 
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Jay & Bob (back to us) go up in condor to begin another phase of the painting of the Lantern Room 
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Irma Streeter Takes a break from washing windows to say hi! 


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