Smith’s Point Erosion Update
I went to Smith’s Point this week. Another house is being moved. There is quite a bit of dune restoration going on in the area.
I went to Smith’s Point this week. Another house is being moved. There is quite a bit of dune restoration going on in the area.
I’m going to go to the different beaches here on Nantucket over the next couple of weeks to see how they are faring this winter. I started with a trip out to Smith’s Point. It was very windy and very cold out there today but the sky was a bright blue and the sand was [...]
Dirck and I returned to the bluff tonight to document the changes. The house at 97 Baxter Rd. is being moved. Previous shots from this locale are Here and Here. Bluff House can’t be far behind as houses on both sides of it have now been moved. The jute bags have been extended from Twin [...]
Eastmost, the century-old home at 85 Baxter Rd. is being moved to a safer place in Monomoy. This beautiful home has overlooked the Atlantic ocean with it’s place on the bluff since 1908.
These were all taken on Smith’s Point this afternoon. The floor of the first house pictured is now several feet over my head. A short time ago, I had to crouch to walk under it. The second photograph shows all that is left from 32 Rhode Island. This cottage was swept away last month. The [...]
The bluff house, Swept Away, is being moved now. Last week we had noticed more undercutting close to the house and tonight, we found the patio had finally fallen. It is being moved back 20 feet to allow for a little more time at this location.A house was lost on Smith’s Point due to the [...]
We have a new fine art folio of our project, Questions of Privilege, about Nantucket’s ‘Sconset Bluff. The folio includes photographs of the southern end of the bluff which retains its gentle slopes and the northern end which has been ravaged by erosion this year. This project was photographed from October 18, 2009 to March [...]
Saturday, I returned to ‘Sconset beach. It was a beautiful sunny day. I waited for a period of low tide to make it safe to venture into this area of the beach as there is no way to quickly exit. I haven’t been down in this part of the beach for 9 days and I [...]
We spent a few hours on Sconset Beach last evening when low tides allowed us access. You have to be as careful below the bluff as you are on top as there are large, unstable areas that are poised to fall.
I went to the bluff again tonight. It was a beautiful evening with a light breeze, warm temperatures and a huge, orange sun low on the horizon. The water was clean – free of the sand and dirt that has been stirred up lately. I saw a whale blow a large burst of spray in [...]
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