List of lighthouses in Louisiana

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

NameImageLocationCoordinatesYear first litAutomatedYear deactivatedCurrent LensFocal Height
Chandeleur Island Light Chandeleur Island Light 02.jpg Chandeleur Islands 30°2′50″N88°52′41″W / 30.04722°N 88.87806°W / 30.04722; -88.87806 1848 (First)
1896 (Last)
Unknown2005
(Destroyed)
None102 ft (31 m)
East Rigolets Light Eastrigolets.jpg Lake Borgne
(Rigolets)
30°09′18″N89°39′00″W / 30.155°N 89.650°W / 30.155; -89.650 1833Never1874
(Destroyed by 1924)
None60 ft (18 m) [1]
Frank's Island Light Mississippi River Delta N/A1823Never1855 A
(Replaced)
NoneUnknown
New Canal Light New Canal Light LA 3.jpg New Orleans 30°1′37.6″N90°6′47.55″W / 30.027111°N 90.1132083°W / 30.027111; -90.1132083 1839 (First)
1890 (Current)
1941Active B
(Inactive: 2005-2012)
Unknown49 ft (15 m)
Pass A L'Outre Light Passaloutre.JPG Mississippi River Delta 29°11′24″N89°02′14″W / 29.1901°N 89.0371°W / 29.1901; -89.0371 1855Never1930
(Abandoned)
None77 ft (23 m)
(Original height)
Pass Manchac Light Pass Manchac Light LA Closeup.jpg Manchac 30°17′48.1″N90°17′53.7″W / 30.296694°N 90.298250°W / 30.296694; -90.298250 1839 (First)
1857 (Last)
19411987
(Destroyed in 2012)
NoneUnknown
Point Au Fer Reef Light Point Au Fer Reef 1945 LA.jpg Atchafalaya Basin 29°22′20″N91°23′3″W / 29.37222°N 91.38417°W / 29.37222; -91.38417 1916 (First)
1975 (Current)
UnknownActiveUnknown54 ft (16 m)
Port Pontchartrain Light N/A New Orleans N/A1839 (First)
1855 (Current)
Never1929NoneUnknown
Sabine Pass Light Sabinepass.jpg Cameron Parish 29°42′59.5″N93°51′0.6″W / 29.716528°N 93.850167°W / 29.716528; -93.850167 1857Never1952None85 ft (26 m)
Ship Shoal Light Shipshoallight.JPG Last Island 28°54′52″N91°04′16″W / 28.9145°N 91.0711°W / 28.9145; -91.0711 186019291965None105 ft (32 m)
South Pass Range
Front Light
N/A Plaquemines Parish N/A1886 (First)
1947 (Last)
UnknownUnknown C
(Destroyed)
NoneUnknown
South Pass Light
(aka: South Pass Rear Range Light)
1945 South Pass Lighthouse USCG.jpg Plaquemines Parish 29°00′55″N89°10′01″W / 29.01524°N 89.16686°W / 29.01524; -89.16686 1832 (First)
1881 (Current)
1971Active DCB-224 105 ft (32 m)
Southwest Pass Light N/A Plaquemines Parish N/A1832 D (First)
2007 (Current)
1984ActiveUnknown128 ft (39 m)
(Third tower) D
Southwest Reef Light Southwest Reef Light LA.JPG Atchafalaya Basin 29°41′39.4″N91°12′58.7″W / 29.694278°N 91.216306°W / 29.694278; -91.216306 1859Never1916None49 ft (15 m)
Tchefuncte River Range Front Light Tchefuncte River Current Tower 1937.JPG Madisonville 30°22′42.55″N90°10′10.16″W / 30.3784861°N 90.1694889°W / 30.3784861; -90.1694889 1903 (First)
1915 (Last)
UnknownUnknown
(Removed)
None25 ft (7.6 m)
Tchefuncte River Range Rear Light Madisonville lighthouse 2.JPG Madisonville 30°22′46.7″N90°10′08.8″W / 30.379639°N 90.169111°W / 30.379639; -90.169111 1837 (First)
1867 (Current)
1952Active250mm49 ft (15 m)
Trinity Shoal Light TrinityShoal.jpg Trinity ShoalN/ANever builtNeverN/ANoneN/A
West Rigolets Light WestRigolets19thcenturyUSCG.jpg Lake Borgne
(Rigolets)
30°10′33″N89°44′34″W / 30.17583°N 89.74278°W / 30.17583; -89.74278 [2] 1854Never1945
(Destroyed in 2005)
None29 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 September 3, 2017.
  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 March 30, 2017.