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Memorial from the Board of Levee Commissioners of the state of Louisiana : in behalf of the people of said state, to the Congress of the United States : asking national aid and assistance in the reconstruction of levees on the Mississippi River
title
Memorial from the Board of Levee Commissioners of the state of Louisiana : in behalf of the people of said state, to the Congress of the United States : asking national aid and assistance in the reconstruction of levees on the Mississippi River
Subject
Levees, Mississippi River, Flood control, Louisiana, Flood control, Mississippi River, Levees
Date Issued
1866
Speech of Hon. B.F. Jonas, of Louisiana, in the Senate of the United States, April 19, 1882
title
Speech of Hon. B.F. Jonas, of Louisiana, in the Senate of the United States, April 19, 1882
Subject
Flood control, Mississippi River, Speeches in Congress, Flood control, Law and legislation, United States, Speeches in Congress, Levees, Mississippi River, Speeches in Congress
Date Issued
1882
Amite River and tributaries, Louisiana, EBR Parish watershed, flood control projects, feasibility study, M-CACES estimate
title
Amite River and tributaries, Louisiana, EBR Parish watershed, flood control projects, feasibility study, M-CACES estimate
Subject
Flood control, Louisiana, Amite River
Date Issued
1995
Project maps rivers and harbors, flood control projects, flood control M.R. & T
title
Project maps rivers and harbors, flood control projects, flood control M.R. & T
Subject
Flood control, Louisiana, Harbors, Louisiana, Rivers, Louisiana
Date Issued
1986
Brent Collection (Richard Taylor)
title
Brent Collection (Richard Taylor)
Subject
Taylor, Richard, Correspondence, Louisiana, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Regimental histories, Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889, Louisiana, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns, Kenner, Duncan, Sugar industry, Salt industry, Rice industry, Sulphur industry, Mississippi River Flood, 1874, Flood control, Muster rollsCivil War, 1861-1865
Date created ms
1862, 1896
Abstract
Correspondence and dispatches (Oct 1864-May 1865) to and from General Richard Taylor, while commander of the Confederate department of Alabama, Mississippi, East Louisiana. Includes muster rolls of paroled members of Taylor's command surrendered at Mobi
Bonnet Carre Spillway]
title
Bonnet Carre Spillway]
Subject
Photographic prints, Photography, Spillways, Flood control, Canoes
Date created ms
1936, 1976
Abstract
Wooden canoes or pirogues moored against the Bonnet Carre Spillway.
Aerial view of a construction site]
title
Aerial view of a construction site]
Subject
Aerial views, Flood control, Construction
Date created ms
1966-04-05
Abstract
Aerial view of a construction site, possibly involving flood control on the Calcasieu River.
Caernarvon Levee area just before being dynamited for flood relief in Saint Bernard Parish Louisiana
title
Caernarvon Levee area just before being dynamited for flood relief in Saint Bernard Parish Louisiana
Subject
Levees, Flood control, Floods, Louisiana Great Flood of 1927, Laborers, Men
Date created ms
1927
Abstract
B&W photo, 1927. Team of men preparing to dynamite the Caernarvon Levee for flood relief. Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
Caernarvon Levee area after being dynamited for flood relief in Saint Bernard Parish Louisiana
title
Caernarvon Levee area after being dynamited for flood relief in Saint Bernard Parish Louisiana
Subject
Levees, Flood control, Floods, Louisiana Great Flood of 1927
Date created ms
1927
Abstract
B&W photo, 1927. Flooding as a result of the Caernarvon Levee being dynamited for flood relief. Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
Aerial view of a construction site]
title
Aerial view of a construction site]
Subject
Aerial views, Flood control, Construction
Date created ms
1966-04-05
Abstract
Aerial view of a construction site, possibly involving flood control on the Calcasieu River.
Flood prevention and control measures in Mandeville Louisiana in the 1930s
title
Flood prevention and control measures in Mandeville Louisiana in the 1930s
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Floods, Flood control, Levees, Bodies of water
Date Issued
1930, 1939
Abstract
B/W photo, 1930s. Mandeville, Louisiana. Flood prevention and control. Old type seawall.
Levee construction by prison laborers with wheelbarrows near Old River Louisiana in 1890
title
Levee construction by prison laborers with wheelbarrows near Old River Louisiana in 1890
Subject
Flood control, Floods, Levees, Prison laborers, Wheelbarrows
Date created ms
1890
Abstract
B&W photo, 1890. Levee construction by wheel-barrow. Closure of Morganza crevasse. Work being done by convict and free labor. Written on photo: "Levee Construction by Wheelbarrow. Closure of Morganza Crevasse about 25 miles below Old River. Work done by local interests, 1890."
Caernarvon Levee area just before being dynamited for flood relief in Saint Bernard Parish Louisiana
title
Caernarvon Levee area just before being dynamited for flood relief in Saint Bernard Parish Louisiana
Subject
Levees, Flood control, Floods, Louisiana Great Flood of 1927, Laborers, Men
Date created ms
1927
Abstract
B&W photo, 1927. Team of men preparing to dynamite the Caernarvon Levee for flood relief. Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
Caernarvon Levee area in Saint Bernard Parish Louisiana in 1916
title
Caernarvon Levee area in Saint Bernard Parish Louisiana in 1916
Subject
Levees, Floods, Flood control
Date created ms
1916-02-24
Abstract
B&W photo, February 24, 1916. Caernarvon Levee area in Saint Bernard Parish Louisiana. Written on photo: "High-water 1916 Caernarvon Levee 13 miles below New Orleans, La. Made safe with Martinez interlocking wood sheet piling. February 24, water within two feet of top outside. No seepage, no apprehensions, 27 feet penetration from top of levee."
Discharge end of Creole Canal floodgate after Hurricane Audrey
title
Discharge end of Creole Canal floodgate after Hurricane Audrey
Subject
Hurricanes, Disasters, Debris, Canals, Flood control
Date created ms
1957-07-09
Abstract
B&W photo, July 9, 1957. Discharge end of Creole Canal floodgate near Oak Grove and West of Highway 82 after Hurricane Audrey. View looking west. Cameron Parish.
Caernarvon Levee area just before being dynamited for flood relief in Saint Bernard Parish Louisiana
title
Caernarvon Levee area just before being dynamited for flood relief in Saint Bernard Parish Louisiana
Subject
Levees, Flood control, Floods, Louisiana Great Flood of 1927, Laborers, Men
Date created ms
1927
Abstract
B&W photo, 1927. Team of men preparing to dynamite the Caernarvon Levee for flood relief. Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
Bulk heads built by WPA workmen in Vidalia Louisiana in 1937
title
Bulk heads built by WPA workmen in Vidalia Louisiana in 1937
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Levees, Flood control, Rivers, Floods
Date Issued
1937-02-15
Abstract
B/W photo, February 15, 1937. Bulk heads at Vidalia, Louisiana built by WPA workmen on the Mississippi River. In District #4.
1937 Flood Refugee Camps
title
1937 Flood Refugee Camps
Subject
Floods, Flood control, Levees, Refugees, Refugee camps, Mississippi River, Disaster relief, Louisiana Flood of 1937, United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana
Date Issued
1937
Abstract
Text, 1937. During the flood of 1937, the National Red Cross cared for thousands of displaced people in several Louisiana parishes.
Flood control in the Mississippi Valley flood control project [1937]
title
Flood control in the Mississippi Valley flood control project [1937]
Subject
Floods, Flood control, Levees, Mississippi River, Louisiana Flood of 1937, United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana
Date Issued
1937-01-05
Abstract
Text, January 5, 1937. Description for plans for flood control as a result of the Flood Control Act of May 15, 1928 (after the Louisiana flood of 1927).
Caernarvon Levee being dynamited for flood relief in Saint Bernard Parish Louisiana
title
Caernarvon Levee being dynamited for flood relief in Saint Bernard Parish Louisiana
Subject
Levees, Flood control, Floods, Louisiana Great Flood of 1927, Dynamite, Explosions
Date created ms
1927
Abstract
B&W photo, 1927. Dynamiting the Caernarvon Levee for flood relief. Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana.

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