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.