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A work in progress

October 14, 2016
By Marcy Shortuse
■ Progress on the Gasparilla Island Range Light continues daily as workers recently completed the catwalk handrails and interior handrails. According to Barrier Island Parks Society Executive Director Sharon McKenzie, the plexiglass windows on the lighthouse have recently been removed – all 2,000 of them. They have also cleaned up and repaired some of the […]

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■ Progress on the Gasparilla Island Range Light continues daily as workers recently completed the catwalk handrails and interior handrails. According to Barrier Island Parks Society Executive Director Sharon McKenzie, the plexiglass windows on the lighthouse have recently been removed – all 2,000 of them. They have also cleaned up and repaired some of the 1927 original parts. Painting is scheduled to begin around mid-November. Photo by Dusty