Digest>May/Jun 2019

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Debra Baldwin

Photo Caption:

It was very difficult to keep the light bright and constant at the 1876 Calcasieu Lighthouse due to the heavy insect population that caused havoc with the lamps. In 1940, when a channel had to be cut through the marsh to St. Charles that was in a direct line with the lighthouse, the tower was dismantled and the foundation blasted out. The light was replaced by small beacons in the new channel thereafter.
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Story:

A Visit to Louisiana’s Lost Lighthouses
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