05 Aug

Structural Analysis Project

In the first week of June, a Conservation Technologist Analyst and a Marine Structures Engineer from Heritage Conservation Directorate of Public Works and Government Services Canada visited the lightstation. They spent two days on the island and did a thorough structural analysis of the original stone cottage, the fog alarm building, the boat house, the lightkeeper’s residence and the assistant keeper’s house from top to bottom. Combined with the analysis of the tower which was completed earlier, the project will give us a thorough understanding of the structural condition of the buildings and is the first phase of our restoration of the Cove Island Lightstation.