Almost 70 miles (113 km) west of Key West lies the remote Dry Tortugas National Park. This…
Almost 70 miles (113 km) west of Key West lies the remote Dry Tortugas National Park. This 100-square mile park is mostly open water with seven small islands. Accessible only by boat or seaplane, the park is known the world over as the home of magnificent Fort Jefferson, picturesque blue waters, superlative coral reefs and marine life, and the vast assortment of bird life that frequents the area. Fort Jefferson National Monument was designated on January 4, 1935. The monument was expanded in 1983 and re-designated as Dry Tortugas National Park on October 26, 1992 by an act of Congress. DRTO was established to protect the island and marine ecosystems of the Dry Tortugas, to preserve Fort Jefferson and submerged cultural resources such as shipwrecks, and to allow for public access in a regulated manner.
CROFT has worked on eleven distinct projects at Fort Jefferson on Garden Key and on Loggerhead Key (approximately 3 miles from Garden Key. These projects include the following:
· Restoration of Bastion 6 at Fort Jefferson
· Historic Masonry Repairs at the Soldiers’ Barracks at Fort Jefferson
· Historic Masonry Repairs at the Small Magazine at Fort Jefferson
· Replacement of the Wastewater Treatment Plant at Fort Jefferson
· Replacement of the Drinking Water System at Fort Jefferson
· Replacement of the Finger Piers and Main Dock at Garden Key
· Repairs to the North and South Coaling Docks at Garden Key
· Restoration of the Kitchen Building at Loggerhead Key
· Restoration of the Lighthouse Keepers’ Residence at Loggerhead Key
· Replacement of the dock at Loggerhead Key
· Repairs to Outbuildings at Loggerhead Key (Old Oil House and New Oil House)
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