Sanibel Lighthouse gets its leg back, construction continues

The leg of the Sanibel Lighthouse was found in pieces last weekend.

Now crews are working to put it back together as soon as possible.

The lighthouse took quite a punch from Hurricane Ian.

One of its legs was broken into four pieces and its staircase foundation was swept away.

But the historical site is now in recovery mode.

“We’ve had two visits from an engineer,” said Jason McGlinchey, general manager at Belfor. “They are drawing up the shoring plans to which we will execute to make the structure safe to be able to support the weight of itself and once the shoring plan is done, they will draw plans for the actual restoration.”

McGlinchey said that temporarily supporting the structure should only take about two weeks.

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