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A unit of the Nature Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico and the Municipality of Culebra have signed an agreement to restore the Culebrita Island Lighthouse.
Considering the condition of the lighthouse, this will be a monumental task that will require stacks of money, much of which will still need to be raised.
The long range goal is to totally restore the lighthouse, and open it and the grounds to the public as a historical education center. The project will be divided into stages, the first of which will be the stabilization of the ruins and preventing what is left from collapsing.
The saving of the lighthouse is especially important to the local community because it is the last standing structure of the Spanish era in Culebra. Built in 1886 by the Spanish, its ownership went to the United States after the Spanish-American War. The lighthouse was discontinued in 1959 and abandoned to the elements.
According to the Culebrita Foundation, a sum of $2 million was once set aside for the restoration of the lighthouse, but the funds were mishandled and the project was discontinued. Hopefully this time around, things will go differently and the lighthouse will be saved.
This story appeared in the
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