Point Au Fer Reef Light

Lighthouse in Louisiana, US

Lighthouse

29°22′20″N 91°23′3″W / 29.37222°N 91.38417°W / 29.37222; -91.38417TowerConstructed1916 (original house)FoundationPile with platformConstructionWoodShapeSquare tower on 1½ story keeper's houseMarkingsWhite with black lanternFog signalBell, then hornLightFirst lit1975 (current skeleton tower)Focal height54 feet (16 m)Lens4th order Fresnel lensCharacteristicFlashing 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.

Gallery

1945
1974

References

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