July 15 – Carpenter Team Arrives

The Indiana-based carpentry team of Ben Eichorst & Jim Greenwell headed out on Monday after a two-day weather delay. When reinstalling the restored basement windows last year, they discovered one of the frames was rotten — that’s among their projects this week, along with a floor joist in the Assistant Keeper’s that is failing due to a long-ago water infiltration issue.

Scaffolding needed to do lighthouse soffit repair didn’t arrive in time, so that project will need to wait until next year. The logistics for doing these projects is daunting….coordinating materials, equipments, boats and people!

The team is scheduled to be “on island” through Saturday.