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Name: Southwest Reef Light  

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Nearest Town or City:
Berwick, Louisiana, United States

Location: Originally Atchafalaya Bay, Gulf of Mexico.


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Photo: Joost Keesing
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Managing Organization:
Town of Berwick

Telephone: 504-384-8858

Website: http://www.townofberwick.org
Email: info@townofberwick.org

Notes:
This lighthouse was relocated in 1987 to the Everett S. Berry Lighthouse Park in Berwick.

Tower Height: 40

Height of Focal Plane: 49

Description of Tower: Red, square pyramidal iron plate tower.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1858

Date Present Tower Built: 1858

Tower Moved?
1987

Date Deactivated: 1916

Optics: 1858: Fourth order Fresnel lens (removed).

Current Use: Attraction in town park.

Open To Public? Yes.

Directions:
Everett S. Berry Lighthouse Park is in Berwick, at Bellevue Front Street and Canton Street, close to Morgan City. For information on the area call the Morgan City Tourism Center at (504) 384-3343.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places


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