Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Louisiana--West Rigolets Light

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WEST RIGOLETS LIGHT

State: LOUISIANA
Location: RIGOLETS CHANNEL
Nearest City: NEW ORLEANS
County:
U.S.C.G. District: 8
Year Station Established: 1855

Photo courtesy Ted Smith

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1855
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1945
Automated:
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE PILINGS
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns:
Shape: ROUND LANTERN ON SQUARE HOUSE
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height:
Original Optic:
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: N/A
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 30
Fresnel Lens Disposition:

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? UNKNOWN

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1855
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style: SQUARE W/ VERANDAHS
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: BRICK BASES FOR A PAIR OF LARGE WOODEN CISTERNS (CISTERNS GONE); OIL HOUSE; WHARF AND WALKWAY GONE

Current Use:

Owner/Manager: PRIVATELY OWNED

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

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

Miscellaneous:
RAISED 6 FEET AND PLACED ON COLUMNS IN 1917 DUE TO WATER ENCROACHMENT; EAST RIGOLETS LIGHT (1831) IS A SITE

Last Modified: Wed, Feb 5 2003 2:21:02 pm EDT
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