ATHENS, N.Y. (AP) — Federal engineers will begin the process of preserving a functioning 150-year-old lighthouse that sits precariously on a mudflat in the middle of the Hudson River in New York, officials announced Monday. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and the Army Corps of Engineers said that $50,000 has been allocated to study how to protect the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse, which began operating in 1874 and was this year placed on the National Trust f…

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Efforts to save an imperiled 150-year-old lighthouse in New York are getting a boost with federal officials announcing new funding to study ways to protect the structure

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ATHENS, N.Y. (AP) — Federal engineers will begin the process of preserving a functioning 150-year-old lighthouse that sits precariously on a mudflat in the middle of the Hudson River in New York, officials announced Monday. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and the Army Corps of Engineers said that $50,000 has been allocated to study how to […]

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ATHENS, N.Y. (AP) — Efforts to save an imperiled 150-year-old lighthouse in New York are getting a boost with federal officials announcing new funding to study ways to protect the structure. New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is funding a study on how to restore the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse on the Hudson River. He said Monday that will unlock future funding. The lighthouse sits on roughly 200 wood p…

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ATHENS, N.Y.—Federal engineers will begin the process of preserving a functioning 150-year-old lighthouse that sits precariously on a mudflat in the middle of the Hudson River in New York, officials announced Monday.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and the Army Corps of Engineers said that $50,000 has been allocated to study how to protect the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse, which began operating in 1874 and was this year placed on the National Trust for …

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Sen. Charles E. Schumer visited Greene County Monday and pledged to see the preservation plan would be implemented once complete.

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Hudson-Athens Lighthouse approved for preservation process

HUDSON, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- New strides are being made to keep the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse on higher ground. The building was recently designated as one of America's most endangered historic places and has been slowly sinking into the Hudson River. The historic site has now been approved for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers protection program. Sen. Chuck Schumer said it will open a new stream of federal funding to save the lighthouse. 
	
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ATHENS, N.Y. — Efforts to preserve the historic Hudson-Athens Lighthouse received a boost on Monday after the project was selected for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers protection program. The designation opens the door for “desperately needed” federal funding for the historic circa 1874 lighthouse, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said in an announcement on Monday. The lighthouse is at risk of collapsing into the Hudson River due to stronger waves and …

Corps of Engineers will look to save 150-year-old lighthouse from crumbling into the Hudson River

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