Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Louisiana Lighthouses--Port Pontchartrain Light

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PORT PONTCHARTRAIN LIGHT

State: LOUISIANA
Location: LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
Nearest City: MILNEBURG
County:
U.S.C.G. District: 8
Year Station Established: 1832

Photo courtesy of Ted Smith.

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1855
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1929
Automated:
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE PAD ON PILINGS
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED LANTERN
Shape: HOURGLASS W/OCTAGONAL LANTERN
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height:
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1857
Present Optic:
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 42
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1832
Description: PRIVATE AID WHICH LOOKED LIKE A GUILLOTINE
Fate/Disposition: REPLACED WITH "REAL" LIGHTHOUSE
2. Construction Date: 1839
Description: OCTAGONAL WOODEN TOWER ON PILINGS
Fate/Disposition: REPLACED 1855 AND TAKEN DOWN IN 1864

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO

Year Constructed:
Number of Stories:
Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
Construction Materials:

Other Structures:

Current Use: UNKNOWN

Owner/Manager: UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS

Open to the Public? UNKNOWN

Web Site:

National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Fri, Mar 08 2002 9:12:02 am EDT
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