Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Louisiana Lighthouses--Southwest Reef Light

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SOUTHWEST REEF LIGHT

State: LOUISIANA
Location: RELOCATED FROM ATCHAFALAYA BAY
Nearest City: BERWICK
County: ST. MARY
U.S.C.G. District: 8
Year Station Established: 1858

Courtesy Town of Berwick

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1858
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1916
Automated:
Foundation Materials: PILE W/2 PLATFORMS
Construction Materials: IRON PLATE
Markings/Patterns: PLATFORM BUNGALOW
Shape: SQUARE PYRAMIDAL SKELETAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 40
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1858
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 49
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? YES, 1987

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1859
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: EGYPTIAN REVIVAL
Construction Materials: WOOD/CAST IRON

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: TOWN PARK

Owner/Manager: TOWN OF BERWICK

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #91001152
Name of Listing: SOUTHWEST REEF LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
DECOMMISSIONED WHEN POINT AU FER REEF LIGHT CAME INTO SERVICE; TOWN OF BERWICK HAS RELOCATED TOWER AND IS REHABBING TOWER AS PART OF THEIR LIGHTHOUSE PARK

Last Modified: Fri, Mar 08 2002 10:03:02 am EDT
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