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Location | Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 29°22′20″N 91°23′3″W / 29.37222°N 91.38417°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1916 (original house) |
Foundation | Pile with platform |
Construction | Wood |
Shape | Square tower on 1½ story keeper's house |
Markings | White with black lantern |
Fog signal | Bell, then horn |
Light | |
First lit | 1975 (current skeleton tower) |
Focal height | 54 feet (16 m) |
Lens | 4th order Fresnel lens |
Characteristic | Flashing white 6s (c1965) |
The Point Au Fer Reef Light was a lighthouse built in 1916 on Eugene Island in Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana to mark a new channel across Point Au Feu Reef.[1][2][3][4] It replaced Southwest Reef Light as the entrance light for the Atchafalaya River. The light was deactivated and replaced by a skeleton tower in 1975. The Coast Guard then offered it to the South Lafourche Cultural and Historical Society, which declined, so the Coast Guard burned it down.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Light List, Volume IV, Gulf of Mexico (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 7.
- ^ NOAA Chart: Point Au Fer to Marsh Island, 1/80,000. 11351. 2004.
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(help) - ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Louisiana". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ (2010-01-11). "Lighthouses of Louisiana". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.