C25144. (research report copy) Port Pontchartrain Light House, Louisiana 1839
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C25144. (research report copy) Port Pontchartrain Light House, Louisiana 1839
C25144. (research report copy) Port Pontchartrain Light House, Louisiana 1839- . The lighthouse known as Port Pontchartrain Light House was an octagonal wood tower, built at a cost of $4,400. Completed in February of 1839, it was 28 feet high and 18 feet in diameter with a revolving chandelier. In late 1855 a brick tower on a concrete pad was built and this tower was torn down in 1864. The light from the old tower was originally placed in the new tower and then replaced with a fifth order Fresnel lens in 1857. In 1929 the light was discontinued and turned over to the New Orleans Levee Board. The lighthouse was originally about 2000 feet offshore but with various landfill projects, over the years, the lake is not even visible from the lighthouse today. This lot of research information was put together from government archives in 1989 and consists of 14 unbound copy pages of research set in a time line. Also includes two copies of photo images of light station. $3.