Montauk Lighthouse Protection Project Gets Underway

Large stones are transported by a pay loader down to the waterfront as part of the Army Corps of Engineers' Montauk Point Revetment Project on Monday. MICHAEL HELLER

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Quality Assurance Officer Mike Folcik spray paints a mark on a large boulder to signify that it has passed his inspection (no cracks, etc.) as part of the Army Corps of Engineers' Montauk Point Revetment Project on Monday. MICHAEL HELLER

Large boulders - some as large as 15 tons - are moved by a large claw-tipped excavator after being transported from a quarry in upstate New York as part of the Army Corps of Engineers' Montauk Point Revetment Project on Monday. MICHAEL HELLER

Large boulders - some as large as 15 tons - are moved by a large claw-tipped excavator after being transported from a quarry in upstate New York as part of the Army Corps of Engineers' Montauk Point Revetment Project on Monday. MICHAEL HELLER

Large boulders - some as large as 15 tons - are moved by a large claw-tipped excavator after being transported from a quarry in upstate New York as part of the Army Corps of Engineers' Montauk Point Revetment Project on Monday. MICHAEL HELLER

Large boulders - some as large as 15 tons - are moved by a large claw-tipped excavator after being transported from a quarry in upstate New York as part of the Army Corps of Engineers' Montauk Point Revetment Project on Monday. MICHAEL HELLER

The remains of a World War II bunker was removed off the south-facing beach at Montauk Point as part of the Army Corps of Engineers' Montauk Point Revetment Project on Monday. MICHAEL HELLER