Point Au Fer Reef Light
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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| Location | Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 29°22′20″N 91°23′3″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) |
Gallery
1945
1974
References
- 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.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(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.
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