Location | off Sabine Pass, Texas |
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Coordinates | 29°28′N 93°43′W / 29.47°N 93.72°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1904 |
Construction | caisson (foundation), iron (tower) |
Automated | 1923 |
Shape | "spark plug" tower |
Light | |
First lit | 1906 |
Deactivated | 2001 |
Focal height | 22 m (72 ft) |
Lens | fourth order Fresnel lens |
Characteristic | Iso R 6s |
The Sabine Bank Light is a caisson lighthouse in the Gulf of Mexico south of the mouth of the Sabine River. It is still active, though the original tower has been replaced with an automated beacon on a skeleton tower.