Southwest Reef Light
The original location in Atchafalaya Bay with home for the lighthouse keeper. | |
| Location | Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 29°41′39.4″N 91°12′58.7″W / 29.694278°N 91.216306°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1848, Lightship; 1856 |
| Foundation | Pile with two platforms |
| Construction | Iron plate |
| Shape | Square pyramid on skeleton |
| Markings | Red |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1858 Current tower |
| Deactivated | 1916 |
| Lens | 4th order Fresnel lens |
Southwest Reef Lighthouse | |
The relocated lighthouse on the Berwick waterfront. | |
| Location | Jct. of Bellevue Front and Canton Sts., Berwick, Louisiana |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1858 |
| Architectural style | Egyptian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 91001152 |
| Added to NRHP | September 12, 1991 |
Southwest Reef Light is a historic lighthouse built in 1856 at the end of Southwest Reef in Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana to replace lightships which had been stationed there for ten years. It served to guide vessels around the reef and into the main channel of the Atchafalaya River. It was discontinued in 1916 after a new, shorter and deeper, channel had been dredged across the reef, making it obsolete. Point Au Fer Reef Light took over its function.