New
Bedford Standard Times - April 12, 2001
Staff photos by Mike Valeri
The
fully restored lantern room of Clark's Point Lighthouse is lifted by
a crane and replaced atop historic Fort Taber at the southern-most
tip of New Bedford yesterday morning (04/12/01).
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Crane Co. of Fairhaven supplied the manpower for the job, with
Patrick J. Carr in the driver's seat.
The
restoration was carried out during the winter. The wood frame upper
portion of the lighthouse was rebuilt during the past several weeks,
and graffiti removal continues at the lighthouse and throughout the
fort.
The
restoration was funded in part from a grant by NStar. Mayor
Frederick M. Kalisz Jr. has announced that the city will hold a gala
re-lighting ceremony on the evening of June 15, the 132nd
anniversary of this lighthouse's first illumination.
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