Raising Watch Hill Yacht Club
Workers from Atlantic Marine Construction begin to build-in the bottom floor after raising the Watch Hill Yacht Club building, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017.
The building was damaged by the storm surge from 2012's Hurricane Sandy and the club is having the 4,000 square foot building raised 15-feet to clear it from future potential storm damage.
Lifting the structure began in November of last year and when completed will feature a "wash-through" entry-level floor with roll-up garage-like doors on all four sides that will be opened when big storms with rising tides and waves blow through. With the doors opened, seawater and marine debris will drain through the lower level, and not wreak havoc on the building as they did during Superstorm Sandy. Work is scheduled to be complete in time for the summer boating season.
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