File:Photocopy, "Ship shoal light house, sheet number 1", National Archives (8" x 10" print from 4" x 5" negative) - Ship Shoal Light Station, Gulf of Mexico, Theriot, Terrebonne Parish, LA HAER LA-12-14.tif

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Photocopy, "Ship shoal light house, sheet number 1", National Archives (8" x 10" print from 4" x 5" negative) - Ship Shoal Light Station, Gulf of Mexico, Theriot, Terrebonne Parish, LA
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Photocopy, "Ship shoal light house, sheet number 1", National Archives (8" x 10" print from 4" x 5" negative) - Ship Shoal Light Station, Gulf of Mexico, Theriot, Terrebonne Parish, LA
Description
Willdin, J K; Stevens, W H; N.J. Foundary and Machine Company; I.P. Morris and Company; Greenhorne and O'Mara, contractor; Kilgore, Roger, project manager; Calloway, Deborah, transmitter; Shade, Marlene Walli, historian
Depicted place Louisiana; Terrebonne Parish; Theriot
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER LA-12-14
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: This lighthouse played a significant role in protecting the commerce of major shipping channels in the region from the hazards of the shoals in the vicinity of the lighthouse.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N897
  • Survey number: HAER LA-12
  • Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1900 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/la0375.photos.195966p
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