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http://washingtontimes.com/upi-break...4342-6738r.htm (accessed 30 March 2004)
Remote Fort Jefferson to get facelift
KEY WEST, Fla., March 30 (UPI) -- The government is looking for 15 or so hardy bricklayers willing to live a remote island life to restore Fort Jefferson 68 miles off Key West, Fla.
The National Park Service will let out bids to contractors in April on the first phase of a $16 million facelift for the coastal fort and prison in the Dry Tortugas, a cluster of seven coral reefs, the Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday.
The 158-year-old fort was designated a National Park in 1992, but has been deterioration in the salt air and salt water for 130 years.
The workers will live in much the same conditions as Civil War soldiers and the prisoners held there. Those prisoners included Dr. Samuel Mudd, convicted of aiding John Wilkes Booth by setting his leg after he assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
"It's going to be hot and tedious and tiresome," said Mike Jester, chief of maintenance for Fort Jefferson. "You're out there without your family, friends, hobbies, whatever. It can get pretty monotonous."
On the brighter side they will get all the fish they can catch and all the marine scenery they can see.
A more detailed article appears in the Orlando Sentinel. Its a good read!
"Feds to hire hardy masonry workers to restore remote, spectacular Fort Jefferson"
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/loc...home-headlines (accessed 30 March 2004)
Remote Fort Jefferson to get facelift
KEY WEST, Fla., March 30 (UPI) -- The government is looking for 15 or so hardy bricklayers willing to live a remote island life to restore Fort Jefferson 68 miles off Key West, Fla.
The National Park Service will let out bids to contractors in April on the first phase of a $16 million facelift for the coastal fort and prison in the Dry Tortugas, a cluster of seven coral reefs, the Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday.
The 158-year-old fort was designated a National Park in 1992, but has been deterioration in the salt air and salt water for 130 years.
The workers will live in much the same conditions as Civil War soldiers and the prisoners held there. Those prisoners included Dr. Samuel Mudd, convicted of aiding John Wilkes Booth by setting his leg after he assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
"It's going to be hot and tedious and tiresome," said Mike Jester, chief of maintenance for Fort Jefferson. "You're out there without your family, friends, hobbies, whatever. It can get pretty monotonous."
On the brighter side they will get all the fish they can catch and all the marine scenery they can see.
A more detailed article appears in the Orlando Sentinel. Its a good read!
"Feds to hire hardy masonry workers to restore remote, spectacular Fort Jefferson"
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/loc...home-headlines (accessed 30 March 2004)
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