Image by Flickr user tedkerwin Already in place around the lighthouse is a metal cofferdam that is shielding the structure from waves.

The Morris Island Lighthouse is finally getting about $1.9 million for replacing the currently deteriorating wooden the 1876 structure stands.

The Post and Courier has a story on the matter from late March, which I had meant to plug but fell beneath the to-plug pile; you can read it here.