It has been nearly five decades since the wood floors inside the keeper’s house at Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse have been free to shine apart from the accumulated grime of time. Since the automation of the light in 1965, the brilliance of the floors had been doused with a dingy assault of dirt, tar, spilled paint […]
Reclaiming the Beauty of the Keeper’s Wood Floors
The Friends of Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse have spent the last decade working hard on the restoration of the 1902 sentinel, tackling everything from the interior walls and ceilings to the exterior cedar shakes and ironwork. Even the granite pier that supports the lighthouse has received some much-needed TLC. The one historical component that the Friends […]