Point Au Fer Reef Light
Point Au Fer Reef Light
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| 1963 |
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| Location |
Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana |
| Coordinates |
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| Year first constructed |
1916 (original house) |
| Year first lit |
1975 (current skeleton tower) |
| Foundation |
Pile with platform |
| Construction |
Wood |
| Tower shape |
Square tower on 1½ story keeper's house |
| Markings / pattern |
White with black lantern |
| Focal height |
54 ft (16m) |
| Original lens |
4th order Fresnel lens |
| Characteristic |
Flashing white 6s (c1965) |
| Fog signal |
Bell, then horn |
| USCG number |
4-810
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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. 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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