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Point Au Fer Reef Light

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Coordinates: 29°22′20″N 91°23′3″W / 29.37222°N 91.38417°W / 29.37222; -91.38417
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Point Au Fer Reef Light
1963
Map
LocationAtchafalaya Bay, Louisiana
Coordinates29°22′20″N 91°23′3″W / 29.37222°N 91.38417°W / 29.37222; -91.38417
Tower
Constructed1916 (original house)
FoundationPile with platform
ConstructionWood
ShapeSquare tower on 1½ story keeper's house
MarkingsWhite with black lantern
Fog signalBell, then horn
Light
First lit1975 (current skeleton tower)
Focal height54 feet (16 m)
Lens4th order Fresnel lens
CharacteristicFlashing white 6s (c1965)

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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  • 1945
    1945
  • 1974
    1974

References

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  1. ^ Light List, Volume IV, Gulf of Mexico (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 7.
  2. ^ NOAA Chart: Point Au Fer to Marsh Island, 1/80,000. 11351. 2004. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Louisiana". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  4. ^ Rowlett, Russ (2010-01-11). "Lighthouses of Louisiana". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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