>> Click to enlarge << Aerial view of what was once the Point au Fer ...

Point au Fer Reef Lighthouse
Built in 1916 on Eugene Island in the Gulf of Mexico near Berwick, Louisiana the Point au Fer Reef Light Station was discontinued in 1975. After the station was deactivated, the U.S. Coast Guard offered it to the South Lafourche Cultural and Historical Society in Thibodaux, Louisiana, but they did not want it. Without anyone to take it over, in 1976, the Coast Guard burned the station to the ground.

>> Click to enlarge << Vintage night-time post card of the Narrows ...

Narrows Lighthouse
The Narrows Lighthouse was built in 1856 in outer Boston Harbor near Hull, Massachusetts. As with a number of other lighthouses around the United States, many locals called it Bug Light because from a distance it looked like a bug with long legs. On June 7, 1929, the lighthouse was destroyed by a fire accidently started by keeper Thomas Small, when he was using a torch to strip away paint. It was never rebuilt.

>> Click to enlarge << Rare early image of Narrows Lighthouse at low ...

>> Click to enlarge << This vintage post card image of the Narrows ...

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