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La Coubre signal lineage
The navigational signal and station identity that continued through successive structures on the eroding coast.
Heritage Journey
La Coubre: The Light Survives the Lighthouse
How can one lighthouse identity continue when the coast consumes its towers?
Identity role
- Root identityLa Coubre: The Light Survives the Lighthouse
La Coubre makes the tower visibly expendable: five reviewed structural generations respond to erosion while the navigational warning continues.
Relationship Explorer
- Current hostCurrent La Coubre Lighthousereviewed
- Historically part ofLa Coubre Lighthouse1830reviewed
The signal lineage links the successive La Coubre structures to one navigational identity.
- Located atLa Coubre lighthouse site1830reviewed
La Coubre's station mandate continues on the changing coast; the mapped point represents the current site only.
- Part ofLa Coubre 1830 timber tower1830reviewed
The 1830 timber light is the first reviewed generation in the La Coubre succession.
Timeline and Relations
- Located at La Coubre lighthouse site1830
La Coubre's station mandate continues on the changing coast; the mapped point represents the current site only.
- Part of La Coubre 1830 timber tower1830
The 1830 timber light is the first reviewed generation in the La Coubre succession.
- Historically part of La Coubre Lighthouse1830
The signal lineage links the successive La Coubre structures to one navigational identity.
Asset Lifecycle Visualisation
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Asset lifecycle (8 events)
- La Coubre signal lineage located at La Coubre lighthouse siteSource: La Coubre signal lineage · Target: La Coubre lighthouse siteSources: Phare de la Coubre - POP / Mériméehigh
- La Coubre 1830 timber tower part of La Coubre signal lineageSource: La Coubre 1830 timber tower · Target: La Coubre signal lineageSources: Phare de la Coubre - POP / Mériméehigh
- La Coubre signal lineage historically part of La Coubre LighthouseSource: La Coubre signal lineage · Target: La Coubre LighthouseSources: Phare de la Coubre - POP / Mériméehigh
- La Coubre 1830 timber tower replaced by La Coubre 1842 masonry lightSource: La Coubre 1830 timber tower · Target: La Coubre 1842 masonry lightSources: Phare de la Coubre - POP / Mériméehigh
- La Coubre 1842 masonry light replaced by La Coubre 1860 timber scaffoldSource: La Coubre 1842 masonry light · Target: La Coubre 1860 timber scaffoldSources: Phare de la Coubre - POP / Mériméehigh
- La Coubre 1860 timber scaffold replaced by La Coubre 1895 masonry towerSource: La Coubre 1860 timber scaffold · Target: La Coubre 1895 masonry towerSources: Phare de la Coubre - POP / Mériméehigh
- La Coubre 1895 masonry tower replaced by La Coubre 1905 reinforced-concrete towerSource: La Coubre 1895 masonry tower · Target: La Coubre 1905 reinforced-concrete towerSources: Phare de la Coubre - POP / Mériméehigh
- La Coubre 1895 masonry tower destroyed La Coubre lighthouse siteSource: La Coubre 1895 masonry tower · Target: La Coubre lighthouse siteSources: Phare de la Coubre - POP / Mériméehigh
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Attribution
"La Coubre signal lineage" · LUX-ASSET-000639 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000639/
Citation
LUX Light Archive, Heritage asset: "La Coubre signal lineage", LUX-ASSET-000639, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000639/, accessed 2026-07-11, archive v0.24.135.