Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Louisiana Lighthouses--Chandeleur Island Light

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CHANDELEUR ISLAND LIGHT

State: LOUISIANA
Location: OUTER RIM OF CHANDELEUR SOUND
Nearest City: NEW ORLEANS
County: ST. BERNARD
U.S.C.G. District: 8
Year Station Established: 1848

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1896
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated:
Foundation Materials: PILE
Construction Materials: IRON
Markings/Patterns: BROWN W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: SKELETAL W/CYLINDER
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 100
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1896
Present Optic: 300 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 99
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGONAL LENS AT LOUISIANA WAR MEMORIAL IN BATON ROUGE, LA

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1848
Description: 55-FOOT BRICK TOWER
Fate/Disposition: DESTROYED IN 1854
2. Construction Date: 1855
Description: BRICK TOWER
Fate/Disposition: DESTROYED BY STORM 1893

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO; DESTROYED

Year Constructed: 1896
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: PLATFORM BUNGALOW
Construction Materials: FRAME ON PILE

Other Structures: PIER IN POOR CONDITION

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD/U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #86001404
Name of Listing: CHANDELEUR LIGHT
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Thurs, Mar 07 2002 5:22:02 pm EDT
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