Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Louisiana Lighthouses--Southwest Pass Entrance Light

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Louisiana Lighthouses

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SOUTHWEST PASS ENTRANCE LIGHT

State: LOUISIANA
Location: SOUTHWEST PASS ENTRANCE
Nearest City:
County: PLAQUEMINES
U.S.C.G. District: 8
Year Station Established: 1831

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1962
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1985
Foundation Materials: PILE/TIMBER
Construction Materials: CONCRETE/STEEL
Markings/Patterns: TOWER ON WHITE DWELLING ON PILES
Shape: TEXAS TOWER
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 85
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: DCB 224
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 95
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:
2. Construction Date: 1871
Description: SKELETAL TOWER
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed:
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Construction Materials: CONCRETE

Other Structures: RADIOBEACON/HELIO PAD

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Fri, Mar 08 2002 9:52:02 am EDT
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