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Managing Organization:
Breton National Wildlife Refuge
Telephone: 504-646-7555
Website: http://southeastlouisiana.fws.gov/breton.html
Contact Address Information:
Southeast Louisiana Refuges
1010 Gause Blvd.
Slidell
Louisiana, 70458, United States
Notes:
Since Hurricane Georges in 1998, this lighthouse has been standing in water.
Tower Height: 100
Height of Focal Plane: 99
Description of Tower: Brown, cast iron skeletal tower with central cylinder and black lantern.
This light is operational
Earlier Towers?
1848: 55-foot brick tower (destroyed in 1852 storm), 1855: Brick tower, destroyed in storm in 1893.
Date Established: 1848
Date Present Tower Built: 1896
Date Automated: 1966
Optics: 1896: Three and one-half order Fresnel lens (now on display at Louisiana War Memorial in Baton Rouge), now 300 mm optic.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
Accessible by boat only.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: George A.H. Frombling (1848-?); Alexander Lea (c. 1852); Benjamin F. Midgett (1855-?); Thorwald Hansen (1896-?).
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