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Chandeleur Island Light

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The first light was finished in 1848 with nine lamps in 21 inches (530 mm) reflectors about 55 feet (17 m) above the base. The tower and the keeper's house were destroyed by a hurricane in August 1852.
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A new, iron skeleton tower with a 3rd order Fresnel lens (focal plane 102 feet (31 m)) was erected in its place in 1895. The light figured in a case before the
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in 1969. The tower was utterly destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, so that a visit by a research vessel the following spring found no trace of it.
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had been negligent in maintaining the proper operation of the light. The Court held that the United States was liable. The light was added to the
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Erosion eventually left the tower standing alone in the water, with the last auxiliary building, a keeper's house, destroyed by
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A second, brick, tower was in operation by 1855, with a focal plane of 50 feet (15 m). By 1865 it had a 4th order
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Demolished but still listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
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The light in 1960. Note how much more land there is than in 1971.
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Chandeleur Islands
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Coordinates
30°2′50″N 88°52′41″W / 30.04722°N 88.87806°W / 30.04722; -88.87806
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Fog signal
Fresnel lens
Characteristic
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Orleans, Louisiana
86001404
lighthouse
Chandeleur Islands
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Hurricane Katrina
Fresnel lens
United States Supreme Court
Coast Guard
National Register of Historic Places
Hurricane Camille
The 1856 brick tower
The light in 1960. Note how much more land there is than in 1971.
1971
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service

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