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SABINE BANK LIGHT (SITE)

State: TEXAS
Location: 15 MILES OFF TEXAS COAST
Nearest City: SABINE PASS
County: JEFFERSON
U.S.C.G. District: 8
Year Station Established: 1906

LIGHT TOWER WAS REMOVED IN 2002

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1906
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 2001
Automated: 1945
Foundation Materials: SUBMERG. CONCRETE/IRON CAISSON
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Markings/Patterns: RED
Shape: CONICAL TOWER ON CYLINDRICAL PIER
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 72
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: 190 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 72
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FRESNEL LENS & CLOCK MECHANISM IN GULF COAST MARITIME MUSEUM, PORT ARTHUR, TX
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1906
Number of Stories:
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL SPARK PLUG
Construction Materials: CAST IRON

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: SITE

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: DETERMINED ELIGIBLE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous: LIGHT TOWER REMOVED FROM CAISSON FOUNDATION BY THE USCG, JAN - APRIL 2002; LANTERN AND WATCH ROOM WERE SALVAGED; CAISSON FOUNDATION CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY A MODERN TOWER W/ LIGHT

Last Modified: Thu, Feb 06 2003 3:17:02 pm EDT
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