Madisonville, La. — On the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Hurricane Isaac left a puzzle inside the iconic Tchefuncte River Lighthouse — what happened to the iron steps of the spiral staircase leading to the top?
The bottom few steps remain intact but somehow were broken loose, leaving tiny stubs near the center pole.
Lynn Haase, vice-president of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Museum that operates the lighthouse, theorizes, “Either a large log or a piling or something” smashed through the door. “It knocked the metal door down, came in, bounced around and took out these steps.”
However, the light still functions and the Tchefuncte River lighthouse survives, as it has since 1868.
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