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East Rigolets Light
East Rigolets Light (USCG)
Map
LocationRabbit Island at Lake Borgne end of the Rigolets
Coordinates30°09′18″N 89°39′00″W / 30.155°N 89.650°W / 30.155; -89.650
Tower
Constructed1833
ConstructionMasonry tower
ShapeConical
MarkingsWhite with black lantern
Light
First lit1833
Deactivated1874
Focal height60 feet (18 m)[1]
Lensoriginal: ten lamps w/reflectors
4th Order Fresnel lens

The East Rigolets Light was an early lighthouse marking the entrance to the Rigolets from Lake Borgne in Louisiana. It was deactivated in 1874 and destroyed sometime after 1923.

  1. ^ "East Rigolets (Louisiana)". United States Lighthouse Society. Retrieved 2017-09-03.

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