Summary of natural conditions and drainage features on 12 reclamation districts in southern Louisiana. 



LaFourche... 



St. Beraard. 

 VermDion... 

 St. Mary 



St. Charles.. 

 La Fourche . 



Waggaman.. 

 Lockport — 

 Raceland — 



.do.. 



AUemands. 



Paradis. . 

 La Rose.. 



/Golden Mead- 



-3 

 -^ 



Eleva- 

 tion 

 above 

 mean 

 gulf. 



Height 



storm 

 tide. 



Feet. 

 None. 



Size of laterals. 



2,000 

 1,200 

 2,000 

 2,000 



2,640 

 1,320 



2.90 

 2.50 



1.50 

 2.90 



Reser- 

 voir 

 capacity. 



Inches. 

 0.37 



Pumping 

 capacity 



1 rotary 



I Menge, 42 by 16 inch... 



1 centrifugal, 36-incb 



Menge, 32 by 12 inch; 



24 by 8 inch. 



2 Menge, 32 by 12 inch. . 



2 centrifugal, 30-inch 



2 centrifugal, 24-inch 



/Centrifugal, 24-inch, 36- 



\ inch. 



2 centrifugal, 54-iDch 



2 centrifugal, 30-inch, 



3 48-inch. 

 2 centrifugal, 36-inch 



2 centrifugal, 36-inch . 



Slide valve horizontal. 



Slide valve 



Slide valve vertical 



[^Slide valve horizontal . . . 



Horizontal Corliss 



Cross compound con- 

 densing. 

 Slide valve horizontal. .. 

 2 gasoline, 40-horsepower 



Slide valve vertical 



Locomotive.. 

 Return tube. 



Return tube. . 



1907 

 1907 



f Jan., 



\ 1910 



1910 



Date of 



first 

 pump- 



About 

 1899 



1908 



1908 



1910 



Sept., 



1911 



Mar., 



1912 



1912 



1912 



Aug., 

 1911 

 1911 



Date of 

 first 

 culti- 

 vation. 



1909 

 1910 



Culti- 

 vated 

 in 1912. 



None. 

 None. 



Plant partially installed. 



Under construction. 



25102° — Bull. 71—14. (To face page 53.) 



