Cape San Blas Lighthouse, Port St. Joe, Florida #1
by Dawna Moore Photography
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Cape San Blas Lighthouse, Port St. Joe, Florida #1
Artist
Dawna Moore Photography
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Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
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In 1996, the lighthouse was deactivated, and two years later, the dwelling that was closest to the shore received considerable damage from Hurricane Earl. In 1999, after the Air Force finally assumed responsibility for the keeper’s dwellings, the two structures were moved from their position on the shore to a site next to the tower. The dwelling that was in the best condition was restored at that time, while the second dwelling had to wait until 2005 for its turn.
Hurricane Isaac, which struck the Gulf Coast in August 2012, caused significant erosion at Cape San Blas, leaving just a fifty-foot buffer between the dwellings and the gulf. Operations at the lighthouse were shut down on October 14, 2012, so preparations for moving the tower and two dwellings by the Air Force, which still owned the property, could begin. In early December, Stone’s House Movers relocated the two keeper’s dwellings and the oil house 100 feet inland, as a temporary measure. After the tower had been placed on its side and the two dwellings jacked up, the three structures and an oil house were moved roughly twelve miles from Cape San Blas to Port St. Joe on July 15, 2014. Crews worked quickly ahead of and behind the slow-moving convoy to take down and then raise power lines along the route.
With the help of three cranes, the lighthouse was lifted up and placed atop its new foundation on July 24, and on September 12, 2014, the first climbers were allowed to experience the breathtaking view of St. Joseph Bay from the top of the relocated tower.
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February 5th, 2018
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