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Name: Calcasieu River Light  

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Nearest Town or City:
Cameron, Louisiana, United States

Location: Calcasieu River, Gulf of Mexico.


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Photo: U.S. Coast Guard

Height of Focal Plane: 50

Description of Tower: Square pyramidal tower sheathed in iron.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1876

Date Deactivated: c. 1940

Optics: 1876: Fourth order Fresnel lens.

Current Use: Destroyed.

Keepers: Charles F. Crossman (1876-19??), William Hill (c. 1922)


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