Pass Manchac (Louisiana)

Site:	Purchase
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:	05/26/1838
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site:	2.24 acres
Area Inclosed:	3/4 acre
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark:	About 25'
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:	Wooden picket fence
Wharf or Landing on Premises:	Yes
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station:	Boat
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office:	Akers, LA., 7 miles
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern:	Brick tower
Number of Separate Lights:	1
First Built or Established:	1839
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:	1911 repaired
Condition at This Date:
Shape of Tower in Plan:
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball:
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water:	31'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea:	Woods
Color of Tower:	White
Color of Tower/ How Produced:	Paint
Tower Connection:	By brick walk
Object of Navigation:	Local navigation
Building Materials:	Brick
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps:	None, reached from attic of dwelling.
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass:	8 x 10
Number of Windows and Size of Sash:	2; 8" x 10", 6 lights, double sash
Number of Doors:	2 up 6' 3" x 2' 3"; Door 6' 11" x 2' 10"
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks:

Order of Lantern:	5th
Shape of Lantern:	Polygonal
Diameter to Glass:	7' 1/2"
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides:	10
Type of Bars:	Vertical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed:	3'
Number of Plates in Height:	One
Number of Plates Each Side:	One
Thickness of Plates:	3/16"
Size of Plates:	3' high - 2' 3" wide
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern:	Iron
Construction Material Roof / Cowl:	Iron
Ventilator / Cowl:	Yes, iron
Lightning Spindle:	Yes
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade:	Yes, iron
Lantern Doors:	In parapet wall
Floor of Lantern:	Stone
Watchroom Doors:	None
Parapet Diameter:

Location / Number:	5, in parapet
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement:	None
Curtain Hooks / Hanger:	Fitted to soffit casting

Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:	360
Name of Maker:	L. Sautter Co
Year Made:
Marks and Number:	L. Sautter & Cie. Constructeurs a Paris
Order of Apparatus:	5th
Inside Diameter:	14 3/4"
Light Characteristic:
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:	270 degree lens 90 degree (mirror) dark on shore
Number of Panels:	4
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum:	5
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum:	5
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum:	3
Does Apparatus Revolve?:	False
Is There a Revolving Belt?:	False
Revolving Panels:
How Flash is Produced:
Number of Vertical Elements Panel:
Fixed Lens Covered:
Pedestal:	Iron
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description:	None
Revolving Machinery:
Standby and Description:
Chariot Float or Balls:
Chariot Description:
Length of Drop Tube:
Clock Weight:
Length of Winding Time:
Drive During Rewind:
Machinery Protection:
Regulated:
Lens Protection:	Linen
How Color is Produced:
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description:	5th order
Type of Illuminant:	Oil
Number of Spare Lamps:	2
Number of Spare Burners:	3
Candle Power:	38 cp

Tower Closet Use:	2, general use
Oil House Description:	About 80' SW of tower
Oil House Inside Dimension:	7' 2" x 9' x 8' 10" high
Oil House Construction Material:	Brick oil house fitted with end ventilators
Oil House Capacity:	About 300 5-gal cans
Other (Describe):	2, Provisions & supplies
Suitability:	Dry - suitable

Fog Signal Kind:	Gamewell Clockwork
Time to Start:	10 sec.
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer:
Year of Manufacture:
Characteristic:	1 stroke every 30 sec.
Duplication:	None
Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location:	Lake Pontchartrain side, entrance to Pass Manchac
Distance and Direction:	SE from tower
Water Supply:
Reached from Lighthouse:	By wooden gallery
Description of Fog Signal Building:	Square pyramidal wooden tower
Pressure And Recording Gauge:

Location:	West
Coloring:	White, green blinds
Construction Materials:	Brick & wood
Number of Rooms:	8
Number of Dwellings:
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers:	1 Keeper, 1 asst.
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses:	1 large outhouse, 2 rooms, 1 WC
Outhouse Coloring:	White
Paths and Walks:	Plank to outhouses
Area Inclosed:
Area of Garden:
Area Timber or Shrubbery:
Cultivation Area Available:	Subject to overflow at high water
Area Cultivated:	None in parapet
Character of Surroundings:	Marsh, & swamp, wooded.
Stove, Maker:	Woodward Wight -60
Stove, Size:	7-18
Sink, Maker:	Enam. iron
Sink, Size:	16 x 28
Pump, Maker:	The Demmig Co., Salem, OH
Pump, Size:	No 3
Lamps:	2 Tub table, 2 hand table

How Procured:	Cistern
Quality:	Good
Quantity:	Ample
Injury Possible:	No
Purity Precaution:	Have tops
Tank Capacity:	Wood - 10' bot 9' staves - 5000 gal; Brick 7x7 8' deep 4000 gal.
Tank Material:	1 wood, 1 brick
Distilling Apparatus:	False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description:
Well Diameter:
Well Lining:
Pump or Bucket:
What Power Used:
Distance from Dwelling:

Access to Lighthouse:	150' wooden wharf onto cat cased piles. 4' wide. boathouse at end
Distance and Direction:	S'ly 100'
Miscellaneous Remarks:

General Information:	Note: engine is property of Keeper
Boats on Station:	In boathouse