Point Au Fer Reef Light - Lighthouse

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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.

Point Au Fer Reef Light
Tower
1963

Location	Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana
Coordinates	29°22′20″N 91°23′3″W
Constructed	1916 (original house)
Foundation	Pile with platform
Construction	Wood
Shape	Square tower on 1½ story keeper's house
Markings	White with black lantern
Fog signal	Bell, then horn

Light
First lit	1975 (current skeleton tower)
Focal height	54 feet (16 m)
Lens	4th order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	Flashing white 6s (c1965)

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.

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