Race Rocks,Restoration of Lighthouse





			*February, 2009, Restoration Begins on the Race Rocks Lighthouse.*

From the Heritage Protection for Lighthouses Page:

# 7 REPAIR PLANS ANNOUNCED: October, 2008... DFO has informed us that they intend to refurbish the tower over the next 6 months: The DFO/CCG project engineer responsible for the Race Rocks Beacon, John Lauder, P.Eng. of Fisheries & Oceans Canada in Vancouver has tended contracts based on the recommendations prepared by Mark Byram, their consultant with GOAL Engineering of Victoria. This will involve stripping of existing paint, re-pointing/repairs to masonry, application of new weatherproof coatings and repairs to lantern house glazing. We are pleased with the extent of the proposed repairs, and are grateful to those who worked so hard to get legislation passed that has required this action.

On February 25th of 2009 contractors started the job of restoring the Race Rocks Lighthouse. A team of workmen were ferried to the island by the Pearson college boat Second Nature and the process of stripping the flaking paint from the inside top of the tower, where the top one- third is made of sandstone began. Below, equipment gets transferred to shore for the restoration process.


The microwave and communications equipment is wrapped to prevent dust damage.	The mesh layer extends down to the bottom of the sandstone inner lining of the tower.	Close up of mesh behind conduits.	Close up of mesh	Close up of mesh around windows.Photos: R.Murphy and G.Fletcher


View from the remote camera on March 15,2009	See other photos of Ryan Murphy on his Flickr site	Click for a very large image by Ryan from March 16, 2009