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strengthening of the rocks at the bluff toe) appeared to stem the erosion. She patented the process and published an article about it titled "How to Hold up a Bank". Greg
Donohue, a Montauk landscaper, worked with Reid at the Point and kept the project moving forward after she retired in 1986. With support from various sources, including the Montauk Historical Society and the State of New York, the Erosion Control Project of Montauk Point was successfully completed in 1998.
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and reusing existing five- and 10-ton armor stones, placement of new 10- and 15-ton armor stones, and providing slope stabilization with terracing and vegetation above the upper crest of the revetment. The project also included a complete repainting of the lighthouse. The total project cost $ 44 million.
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cottage from collapse by building a simple set of terraces in the gullies of the bluff. She proposed that solution to the
Society at Montauk. Reid's concept, Reed-Trench Terracing, called for building the terrace platforms made of various beach debris, notably reeds; the practice (along with further
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January 13, 2020 the award of a $ 30.7 million contract to H&L Contracting of Bayshore, New York to restore and protect the lighthouse from shoreline erosion. Work began in 2021 and ended in August 2023. The approximately 1,000 linear feet stone revetment work consisted of removing
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took over maintenance of the lighthouse and operated it until the station was automated on
February 3, 1987. In May of that year, the lighthouse museum opened to the public, operated by the Montauk Historical Society. It leased the property from the US Coast Guard for that purpose. On September 30,
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built a seawall at its base, but the erosion continued. The Coast Guard considered tearing down the lighthouse in 1967 and replacing it with a steel tower farther from the edge of the bluff. In the wake of protests over the announced dismantling of the tower, Congressman
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In 1860, the lighthouse station underwent a massive renovation when two new levels and a larger lantern were added. This increased the height of the tower from its original 80 feet (1796) to its current height of 110 feet 6 inches (33.68 metres). A first-order
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September 21, 1938 and removed on July 1, 1940 when the lighthouse was electrified. The huge first-order Fresnel lens was replaced in 1903 with a
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Congress to hand over the Lighthouse to the Montauk Historical Society from the public so it could be preserved; the bill was passed.
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was said to have buried treasure at the foot of the lighthouse site around 1699 at two ponds which today are called "Money Ponds."
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1118:"The Coastline Is Retreating. Should the Montauk Lighthouse Stand Its Ground?"
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961:"National Register of Historic Places Registration: Montauk Point Lighthouse"
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Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
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They Were All Strangers: the Wreck of the John Milton at Montauk, New York
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batteries of two guns each, and a battery of two six-inch guns. The
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Living on the Edge: Life at the Montauk Point Lighthouse 1930–1945
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National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County, New York
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1177:(republished on longislandgeneology.com - Retrieved 2007-01-12)
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The Manor: Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation on Long Island
409:. The lighthouse was the first to be built within the state of
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Tower painted white with a broad red band midway, lantern black
796:. United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from
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New York State Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County
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On Eagle's Beak: A History of the Montauk Point Lighthouse
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A stylized image of the Montauk Point Light graces the
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Books by Henry Osmers, published by Outskirts Press:
1022:"Against All Odds: A Lighthouse Looks To The Future"
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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American Gibraltar: Montauk and the Wars of America
886:. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 263.
1229:National Park Service List of New York Lighthouses
1040:"Erosion Project For Lighthouse Nears Completion"
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1011:Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum (Local Legacies)
2430:National Historic Landmarks in New York (state)
1335:Buffalo Harbor North and South entrance Lights
1234:New York State Parks: Montauk Point State Park
1224:The Official Montauk Point Lighthouse Web Site
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1092:"For Montauk, It's Lighthouse vs. Surf's Up!"
1066:"For the Island's Icon, A New Lease on Life"
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904:"Turning a Montauk Beacon Into a Landmark"
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1811:U.S. National Register of Historic Places
1171:Pirates and Prohibition - Excerpted From
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838:. Montauk Light House.com. Archived from
272:U.S. National Register of Historic Places
1350:Buffalo North Breakwater South End Light
1284:List of lighthouses in the United States
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1090:Kilgannon, Corey (November 14, 2006).
812:"National Register Information System"
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622:United States Army Corps of Engineers
140:110.5 ft (33.7 m) structure
16:Lighthouse in New York, United States
1116:Dean, Cornelia (November 21, 2006).
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743:Montauk Point Lighthouse, on a NOAA
635:, a textile designer, had saved her
423:National Register of Historic Places
2440:Museums in Suffolk County, New York
1340:Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light
1175:by Jeannette Edwards Rattroy - 1953
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713:View from the top of the lighthouse
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2450:Tourist attractions on Long Island
1650:South Brother Island Channel Range
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1690:Strawberry Island Upper Cut Range
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1064:Lambert, Bruce (August 8, 1999).
1038:Raimondo, Lois (March 13, 1998).
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959:Tyrrell, William G. (May 1969).
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440:The Montauk Point Lighthouse at
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902:Drumm, Russell (June 2, 2011).
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862:"Plan Your Lighthouse Visit"
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399:Montauk Point State Park
391:Montauk Point Lighthouse
264:Montauk Point Lighthouse
62:Suffolk County, New York
1680:Stony Point (Henderson)
651:was opposed by a local
481:New York Public Library
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1834:Keeper of the Register
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305:East Hampton, New York
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1829:Contributing property
1565:Orient Long Beach Bar
1173:East Hampton History,
908:The East Hampton Star
822:National Park Service
637:Rocky Point, New York
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92:41.07099°N 71.85709°W
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1685:Stony Point (Hudson)
1535:North Brother Island
986:"Accompanying photo"
514:Continental Congress
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599:Shadmoor State Park
595:fire control towers
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387:Montauk Point Light
364:Designated NHL
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148:Octagonal pyramidal
97:41.07099; -71.85709
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1580:Plattsburgh Beacon
1510:Little Gull Island
1410:East Charity Shoal
1375:Cold Spring Harbor
1122:The New York Times
1096:The New York Times
1070:The New York Times
1044:The New York Times
992:on October 9, 2012
971:on October 9, 2012
836:"Lighthouse Facts"
782:. 2009. p. 8.
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1839:Historic district
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1715:Thirty Mile Point
1670:Statue of Liberty
1560:Ogdensburg Harbor
1555:Old Orchard Shoal
1495:Huntington Harbor
1370:Charlotte–Genesee
1152:. August 17, 2023
939:Lighthouse Digest
824:. March 13, 2009.
670:On March 2, 2012
618:shoreline erosion
506:George Washington
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407:Montauk, New York
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2113:Schenectady
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1725:Throgs Neck
1705:Sunken Rock
1645:Sodus Point
1640:Sodus Outer
1620:Sands Point
1610:Romer Shoal
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1545:Oak Orchard
1500:Kings Point
1440:Fire Island
1415:Eatons Neck
1395:Crown Point
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2013:Livingston
1918:Chautauqua
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1435:Fair Haven
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1943:Cortland
1938:Columbia
1928:Chenango
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1274:New York
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2068:Orleans
2058:Ontario
2043:Niagara
2018:Madison
1978:Genesee
1933:Clinton
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700:Gallery
692:Pirate
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649:seawall
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455:History
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2048:Oneida
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1983:Greene
1973:Fulton
1913:Cayuga
1903:Broome
1888:Albany
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223:VRB-25
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2214:Lists
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2008:Lewis
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