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1-800-758-1444
Name: Southwest Pass Entrance Light
Nearest Town or City: Venice, Louisiana, United States
Location: Entrance to Mississippi River, Gulf of Mexico.
Click to enlarge: 30Kb Photo: U.S. Coast Guard
Managing Organization: U.S. Coast Guard
Tower Height: 85
Height of Focal Plane: 95
Description of Tower: Square cylindrical steel tower centered on two-story hexagonal reinforced concrete keeper's quarters mounted on pilings.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1832
Date Present Tower Built: 1962
Date Automated: 1985
Optics: DCB-224
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions: Accessible by boat only.
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