Lighthouse Explorer Database ... Sabine Pass East ...

07/11/04 10:41 PM

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Name: Sabine Pass East Jetty Light

Nearest Town or City:
Sabine Pass (TX), Louisiana, United States

Location: Off Louisiana Point, Gulf of Mexico.

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Photo: U.S. Coast Guard

Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard

Notes:
This lighthouse was once maintained by the keeper of the Sabine Pass Lighthouse. The present light is on a modern cylindrical structure.

Height of Focal Plane: 42

Characteristic and Range: Flashing white every 5 seconds, visible for 11 nautical miles.

Description of Tower: Cylindrical tower on piles.

This light is operational

Earlier Towers?
1924: Steel skeletal tower on the roof of the fog signal building.

Date Established: 1924

Date Present Tower Built: ?

Fog Signal: 2 blasts every 20 seconds.

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.