Type:
Year Established:
1891
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
149A_Cubits_Gap_LA_1941_CG2.jpeg (605.81 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1941
Photo Credit:
USCG
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Mississippi River
Latitude:
29° 11.30'
Longitude:
89° 15.50'
U.S. State:
Louisiana
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1898
Tower Construction Material:
Metal
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
40
Tower Shape:
Pyramidal
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Year Fog Signal Building Constructed:
1891
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1902
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
Lens Lantern
Year Original Lens Installed:
1898
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
Began as bell tower in 1891 (square wooden tower on four piles); light removed from pole and placed on tower, and tower moved to new foundation in 1898; Keeper's dwelling built in 1902