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Chandeleur Island Light
c. 1986
Map
LocationChandeleur Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana
Coordinates30°2′50″N 88°52′41″W / 30.04722°N 88.87806°W / 30.04722; -88.87806
Tower
Constructed1848
FoundationPile
ConstructionIron
Automated1966
ShapeSkeletal with cylinder
MarkingsBrown with black lantern
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Fog signalnone
Light
First lit1896 (most recent tower)
Deactivateddestroyed by Katrina, 2005
Focal height102 feet (31 m)
Lens3rd order Fresnel lens
Characteristicvarious, most recent: Flashing white
Chandeleur Light
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest cityNew Orleans, Louisiana
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1896
Architectural styleLighthouse Tower
NRHP reference No.86001404[1]
Added to NRHPJune 25, 1986

The Chandeleur Island Light was a lighthouse established in 1848 near the northern end of the Chandeleur Islands in the Gulf of Mexico, off the east coast of Louisiana.[2] Hurricane Katrina destroyed the light in 2005.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Louisiana". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.

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