An offshore work platform was moved into place beside the National Harbor of Refuge Breakwater July 25 in preparation for nearly $3 million in emergency repairs to the 110-year-old stone wall.
Strictly by chance, participants in a tour sponsored by the Delaware River & Bay Lighthouse Foundation were on hand to see the barge being anchored down. The foundation, which has been the major force in advocating for the repairs owns the historic Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse that is built into the south end of the breakwater. The Corps of Engineers originally built and still owns the breakwater.
Work will include replacing numerous 8 to 10-ton capstones that have been eroded away from the top of the breakwater wall in several spots and filling large voids where the breakwater has been completely washed away around and under the lighthouse.
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