Managing Organization: U.S. Coast Guard
Notes: A 1947 skeletal tower formerly served as a front range light with this lighthouse. Tower Height: 108 Height of Focal Plane: 116 Description of Tower: Whte, cast iron, octagonal, pyramidal skeletal tower with central cylinder and black lantern.
This light is operational
Earlier Towers? 1832: Wooden tower, destroyed in storm in 1841; 1842: 40-foot wooden tower; 1848: 54-foot octagonal wooden toweron roof of dwelling. Date Established: 1832 Date Present Tower Built: 1881 Date Automated: 1971 Optics: 1862: Third order Fresnel lens; 18??: Fourth order Fresnel lens; 18??: First order Fresnel lens, now on display at Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans; 1951: DCB-224 optic. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? No. Directions: Access is by boat only. Keepers: Henry Heistand (1832-?), James Fisher (c. 1860s), James W. Salazar (Coast Guard, 1951-c. 1954)
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