This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
NameImage LocationCoordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height Chandeleur Island Light Chandeleur Islands 1848 (First) 1896 (Last) Unknown 2005(Destroyed) None 102 East Rigolets Light Lake Borgne(Rigolets) 1833 Never 1874(Destroyed by 1924) None 060 Frank's Island Light Mississippi River Delta N/A 1823 Never 1855(Replaced) None Unknown New Canal Light New Orleans 1839 (First) 1890 (Current) 1941 Active(Inactive: 2005–2012) Unknown 049 Pass A L'Outre Light Mississippi River Delta 1855 Never 1930(Abandoned) None 077 (Original height) Pass Manchac Light Manchac 1839 (First) 1857 (Last) 1941 1987(Destroyed in 2012) None Unknown Point Au Fer Reef Light Atchafalaya Basin 1916 (First) 1975 (Current) Unknown Active Unknown 054 Port Pontchartrain Light N/A New Orleans N/A 1839 (First) 1855 (Current) Never 1929 None Unknown Sabine Pass Light Cameron Parish 1857 Never 1952 None 085 Ship Shoal Light Last Island 1860 1929 1965 None 105 South Pass Range Front Light N/A Plaquemines Parish N/A 1886 (First) 1947 (Last) Unknown Unknown(Destroyed) None Unknown South Pass Light(aka: South Pass Rear Range Light) Plaquemines Parish 1832 (First) 1881 (Current) 1971 Active DCB-224 105 Southwest Pass Light N/A Plaquemines Parish N/A 1832 (First) 2007 (Current) 1984 Active Unknown 128 (Third tower) Southwest Reef Light Atchafalaya Basin 1859 Never 1916 None 049 Tchefuncte River Range Front Light Madisonville 1903 (First) 1915 (Last) Unknown Unknown(Removed) None 025 Tchefuncte River Range Rear Light Madisonville 1837 (First) 1867 (Current) 1952 Active 250mm 049 Trinity Shoal Light Trinity Shoal N/A Never built Never N/A None N/A West Rigolets Light Lake Borgne(Rigolets) 1854 Never 1945(Destroyed in 2005) None 029
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.
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