 New Basin Canal entrance at Lake Pontchartrain | |
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| Location | West End Blvd. and Lakeshore Dr., New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 30°1′37.6″N 90°6′47.55″W / 30.027111°N 90.1132083°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1838 |
| Foundation | Pile with platform |
| Construction | Wood |
| Automated | Yes |
| Height | 10 m (33 ft)  |
| Shape | Square tower on top of house |
| Markings | White with red roof |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Fog signal | Previous: Bell, every ten seconds |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1890 (last lighthouse) |
| Focal height | Lighthouse: 49 feet (15 m) Current pole light: 15 feet (4.6 m) |
| Lens | 5th order Fresnel lens |
| Characteristic | Lighthouse: Occulting White 5s Current pole light: Fl 2 White 5s |
New Canal Lighthouse | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Built | 1890 |
| Architect | New Orleans Canal and Banking Co. |
| NRHP reference No. | 85003186[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 30, 1985 |
| Removed from NRHP | July 13, 2011 |
The New Canal Light or (more commonly New Canal Lighthouse or New Basin Canal Lighthouse) was first established in 1838 at the north end of the New Basin Canal which ran from Lake Pontchartrain to the Uptown or "American" section of the city which today is known as the New Orleans Central Business District.[2][3][4] The canal was filled in about 1950, but the lighthouse remained on a jetty extending into the lake on a half mile long stretch of the canal that was left and is still used as a small boat and yachting harbor.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Light List, Volume IV, Gulf of Mexico (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 83.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Louisiana". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ (January 10, 2010). "Lighthouses of Louisiana". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.