Pass A L'Outre Light

Pass A L'Outre Light
undated photograph of Pass A L'Outre Light (USCG), after 1919
Map
Locationeast end of Pass A L'Outre in the Mississippi delta
Coordinates29°11′24″N 89°02′14″W / 29.1901°N 89.0371°W / 29.1901; -89.0371[1]
Tower
Constructed1852
Foundationstone, timber
ConstructionCast iron tower with brick lining
ShapeConical
Markingsblack; white spiral daymark added in 1919; White/black Barber's pole
Light
First lit1855
Deactivated1930
Focal heightvaried (see text)
Lens3rd Order Fresnel lens
CharacteristicFixed red (1902)[A]

The Pass A L'Outre Light (or Pass a Loutre Light) is a defunct lighthouse in the Birdfoot Delta in Louisiana, United States, located near the mouth of the Mississippi River.[4][5] Erected to mark the then-active entrance to the river, it was abandoned as that channel silted up. It has been in the path of several noteworthy hurricanes, and was heavily damaged. It is on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List, and is critically in danger. The lighthouse is at the center of a nature preserve.

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  4. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Louisiana". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  5. ^ Pass a Loutre Light. Vol. Four Gulf of Mexico. ProStar Publications. 2006. p. 5. ISBN 9781577857112. Retrieved September 6, 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)


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