Madisonville Lighthouse - digital painting BW
by Scott Pellegrin
Title
Madisonville Lighthouse - digital painting BW
Artist
Scott Pellegrin
Medium
Photograph
Description
This is a digital painting that was created from an original photo I captured. It is also available in color.
The Tchefuncte River is named after a Native American Tribe that inhabited the area from 600 B.C. to A.D. 200. In 1811, a small town established on the banks of the river was named Madisonville, in honor of President James Madison. Over the next century, the town flourished as a resort for the wealthy residents of New Orleans who fled the heat of the city for the cool lake breezes of Madisonville. The visitors were transported from Port Pontchartrain to the lake's northern shore by steam ferry.
On June 30, 1834, Congress appropriated $5,000 for a lighthouse to guide vessels across Lake Pontchartrain to the mouth of the Tchfuncte River, but this sum had to be re-appropriated on March 3, 1837 when the original funds reverted to the treasury due to difficulties obtaining title to the lighthouse site. Built in 1837, the thirty-six-foot-tall brick tower was equipped with a lighting apparatus supplied by Winslow Lewis that consisted of nine lamps backed by fourteen-inch reflectors. Benjamin Thurston was hired as the light's first keeper at an annual salary of $500 and was known for keeping pet alligators at the station. A 212-foot breakwater was built in 1854 to protect the lighthouse, and in 1857 a fifth-order Fresnel lens was installed in the lantern room.
This can be cropped to standard sizes such as 5x7, 8x10 and 11x14. Feel free to email with questions/comments. Thank you for looking.
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March 5th, 2017
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