South Pass Lighthouse

Oct. 17, 2019
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South Pass Lighthouse (Port Eads Ligthhouse South Point Light or Gordon's Island Light or South Pass Range Light), Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Originally built in 1831, current structure built in 1881.

SOUTH PASS RANGE FRONT LIGHT

Location: MISSISSIPPI RIVER 
Station Established: 1919 
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1947 
Operational? NO 
Automated? UNK 
Deactivated: 
Foundation Materials: 
Construction Materials: 
Tower Shape: SKELETAL 
Markings/Pattern: 
Relationship to Other Structure: SEPARATE 
Original Lens: 

Historical Information:

  • 1947 – Skeletal tower built to act as front range to existing South Pass Lighthouse.
  • Also known as South Pass West Jetty Light.

Researched and written by Marie Vincent, a volunteer through the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.