Lake Pontchartrain (Images of America)

Rigolets Light - 1855

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The Rigolets connects Lake Pontchartrain to the Mississippi Sound and the Gulf of Mexico. “Rigolets" comes from the word French rigole which means "trench" or "gutter." The West Rigolets Lighthouse was built in 1855. From 1898 until 1912, Anna M. Read served there as one of the many women lighthouse keepers on Lake Pontchartrain. The light had been in disrepair for many years and was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

    

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