Louisiana’s Pass Manchac Lighthouse has been destroyed by Hurricane Isaac. Built in 1857 in Pass Manchac between Lakes Maurepas and Ponchartrain, Ponchatoula, Louisiana, the lighthouse was de-staffed in 1941 and in 1952 the keeper’s dwelling was demolished.
Suffering from erosion, the Lake Maurepas Society had installed pilings around the lighthouse to prevent it from toppling. The lantern room was removed before Hurricane Katrina and is in storage and was awaiting restoration. A significant amount of money had been raised to restore the lighthouse. The lighthouse, which had been on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of Endanger Lighthouses, has now been removed from the list, sadly, for the wrong reason. It is now a pile of rubble and another slice of American’s lighthouse heritage has been lost forever.
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