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East Rigolets Light

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27: 28: 471: 38: 242:, but was relit in November 1862. In 1868, the lantern was replaced, with the top of the tower being rebuilt to hold it. The light was extinguished in 1874, however, having been deemed unnecessary. The tower remained as a landmark for many years thereafter, finally being sold in 1923 and destroyed sometime thereafter. 223:'s administration, and the light was commonly referred as "Pleasonton's Light". While construction funds were provided in 1831, the light was not completed until two years later, built according to the usual plan of the time of a conical masonry tower housing an array of ten 234:
While the original keeper Isaac H. Smith served for seven years, his immediate successors were not so creditable: the first was dismissed for drunkenness, and from 1840 to 1844 there were no less than five keepers. Not surprisingly, the state of the light suffered.
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Like other southern lights, it was extinguished at the commencement of the
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with reflectors; this was eventually replaced with a fourth-order
211:. It was deactivated in 1874 and destroyed sometime after 1923. 344: 291:"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Louisiana" 293:. United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from 317:. Brattleboro, Vermont: Stephen Greene Press. p. 146. 510:
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Lake Borgne
Rigolets
Coordinates
30°09′18″N 89°39′00″W / 30.155°N 89.650°W / 30.155; -89.650
lighthouse
the Rigolets
Lake Borgne
Louisiana
Stephen Pleasonton
Argand lamps
Fresnel lens
Civil War


"East Rigolets (Louisiana)"




"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Louisiana"
the original


America's Lighthouses: An Illustrated History
ISBN
9780486255767
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