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Name: Sabine Bank Light  

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Nearest Town or City:
Sabine Pass, Texas, United States

Location: About 15 miles from the Louisiana-Texas border and the entrance to the Sabine River.


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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard

Notes:
This lighthouse fell into severe disrepair after being automated in 1945. It was dismantled and replaced by a smaller light on the old foundation in 2002. The restored lantern is on display in Lions Park in Sabine Pass, Texas.

Description of Tower: 72-foot brown, cast iron

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1906

Date Present Tower Built: 1906

Date Deactivated: 2002

Date Automated: 1945

Optics: 1906: Third order Fresnel lens, now 190 mm. The Fresnel lens is now on display at the Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur, Texas.

Current Use: Destroyed.


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