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List of lighthouses in Louisiana

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This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

Name Image Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height
Chandeleur Island Light Chandeleur Islands 30°2′50″N 88°52′41″W / 30.04722°N 88.87806°W / 30.04722; -88.87806 1848 (First)
1896 (Last) 		Unknown 2005
(Destroyed) 		None 102 102 ft (31 m)
East Rigolets Light Lake Borgne
(Rigolets) 		30°09′18″N 89°39′00″W / 30.155°N 89.650°W / 30.155; -89.650 1833 Never 1874
(Destroyed by 1924) 		None 060 60 ft (18 m)
Frank's Island Light Mississippi River Delta N/A 1823 Never 1855
(Replaced) 		None Unknown
New Canal Light New Orleans 30°1′37.6″N 90°6′47.55″W / 30.027111°N 90.1132083°W / 30.027111; -90.1132083 1839 (First)
1890 (Current) 		1941 Active
(Inactive: 2005-2012) 		Unknown 049 49 ft (15 m)
Pass A L'Outre Light Mississippi River Delta 29°11′24″N 89°02′14″W / 29.1901°N 89.0371°W / 29.1901; -89.0371 1855 Never 1930
(Abandoned) 		None 077 77 ft (23 m)
(Original height)
Pass Manchac Light Manchac 30°17′48.1″N 90°17′53.7″W / 30.296694°N 90.298250°W / 30.296694; -90.298250 1839 (First)
1857 (Last) 		1941 1987
(Destroyed in 2012) 		None Unknown
Point Au Fer Reef Light Atchafalaya Basin 29°22′20″N 91°23′3″W / 29.37222°N 91.38417°W / 29.37222; -91.38417 1916 (First)
1975 (Current) 		Unknown Active Unknown 054 54 ft (16 m)
Port Pontchartrain Light N/A New Orleans N/A 1839 (First)
1855 (Current) 		Never 1929 None Unknown
Sabine Pass Light Cameron Parish 29°42′59.5″N 93°51′0.6″W / 29.716528°N 93.850167°W / 29.716528; -93.850167 1857 Never 1952 None 085 85 ft (26 m)
Ship Shoal Light Last Island 28°54′52″N 91°04′16″W / 28.9145°N 91.0711°W / 28.9145; -91.0711 1860 1929 1965 None 105 105 ft (32 m)
South Pass Range
Front Light 		N/A Plaquemines Parish N/A 1886 (First)
1947 (Last) 		Unknown Unknown
(Destroyed) 		None Unknown
South Pass Light
(aka: South Pass Rear Range Light) 		Plaquemines Parish 29°00′55″N 89°10′01″W / 29.01524°N 89.16686°W / 29.01524; -89.16686 1832 (First)
1881 (Current) 		1971 Active DCB-224 105 105 ft (32 m)
Southwest Pass Light N/A Plaquemines Parish N/A 1832 (First)
2007 (Current) 		1984 Active Unknown 128 128 ft (39 m)
(Third tower)
Southwest Reef Light Atchafalaya Basin 29°41′39.4″N 91°12′58.7″W / 29.694278°N 91.216306°W / 29.694278; -91.216306 1859 Never 1916 None 049 49 ft (15 m)
Tchefuncte River Range Front Light Madisonville 30°22′42.55″N 90°10′10.16″W / 30.3784861°N 90.1694889°W / 30.3784861; -90.1694889 1903 (First)
1915 (Last) 		Unknown Unknown
(Removed) 		None 025 25 ft (7.6 m)
Tchefuncte River Range Rear Light Madisonville 30°22′46.7″N 90°10′08.8″W / 30.379639°N 90.169111°W / 30.379639; -90.169111 1837 (First)
1867 (Current) 		1952 Active 250mm 049 49 ft (15 m)
Trinity Shoal Light Trinity Shoal N/A Never built Never N/A None N/A
West Rigolets Light Lake Borgne
(Rigolets) 		30°10′33″N 89°44′34″W / 30.17583°N 89.74278°W / 30.17583; -89.74278 1854 Never 1945
(Destroyed in 2005) 		None 029 29 ft (8.8 m)

Notes

A. The abandoned tower remained until 2002 when it toppled over.
B. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused significant damage to the lighthouse. New Canal Light eventually collapsed the following year and was rebuilt/relit by 2012.
C. The jetty that the front light was on has since disappeared. The front light was either removed by human or by nature.
D. The first tower was built in 1832 and collapsed in 1837. The second tower which still stands today was built in 1839 and deactivated after the civil war. The third tower also still stands today and was built in 1871 as a skeletal steel structure. This steel lighthouse lasted until 1965 when a fourth modern tower took its place. In 2007, the 1965 structure was demolished and a new small skeletal metal tower mounted atop a platform stands today.

References

  1. "East Rigolets (Louisiana)". United States Lighthouse Society. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  2. List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. United States Government Printing Office. March 1, 1907. p. 242. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
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