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Map of Louisiana and a part of Arkansas: showing location & limits of levee districts, United States & local, also location & extent of present maintaining lines of levees with tabulated statement giving number of miles of levee line on each stream & in e
title
Map of Louisiana and a part of Arkansas: showing location & limits of levee districts, United States & local, also location & extent of present maintaining lines of levees with tabulated statement giving number of miles of levee line on each stream & in each district to date
Subject
Levee districts, Louisiana, Maps, Levee districts, Arkansas, Maps, Levee districts, Mississippi River Valley, Maps, Levees, Louisiana, Maps, Levees, Arkansas, Maps, Levees, Mississippi River Valley, Maps
Date Issued
1919
Coupes du plan relatif au nivellement de la bature du Fauxbourg Ste. Marie, prises aux angles des maisons et a 60 pieds au-dessons allant aux ciprieres.
title
Coupes du plan relatif au nivellement de la bature du Fauxbourg Ste. Marie, prises aux angles des maisons et a 60 pieds au-dessons allant aux ciprieres.
Subject
Levees, Mississippi River, Levees, Louisiana, New Orleans, Mississippi River, Sainte Marie Faubourg (New Orleans, La.), Louisiana, Maps, 19th century, New Orleans, Maps, 19th century
Date created ms
1807
Abstract
Signed ms. Cross-sections of the Mississippi River and "bature" where they intersect corner houses on Chemin Royal (now Tchoupitoulas Street), Poidras Street (Poydras St.), and Gravier Street. The map shows four sub-plans indicated by letters (AB, CD, EF, GH). The cross-section also shows where the amount of earth under the river has been built up in 1807, as well as the "ancienne levee" (old levee) and the site of the proposed levee. Shows buildings belonging to "Commune du Fauxbourg," Bailly, Poidras, and Roland.
Report made by the Board of State Affairs on the levee boards of Louisiana to the General Assembly of Louisiana for the regular session of 1918. April 1, 1918
title
Report made by the Board of State Affairs on the levee boards of Louisiana to the General Assembly of Louisiana for the regular session of 1918. April 1, 1918
Subject
Levees, Mississippi River, Hydraulic engineering, Louisiana, Levees, Louisiana
Date Issued
1918
Principles and practice of embanking lands from riverfloods, as applied to levees of the Mississippi
title
Principles and practice of embanking lands from riverfloods, as applied to levees of the Mississippi
Subject
Levees, Levees, Mississippi River
Date Issued
1860
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
Swamp lands in Louisiana ... : Mr. Brodhead, from the Committee on Public Lands, made the following report : The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill to aid the State of Louisiana to reclaim the swamp lands therein, unfit for cultivati
title
Swamp lands in Louisiana ... : Mr. Brodhead, from the Committee on Public Lands, made the following report : The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill to aid the State of Louisiana to reclaim the swamp lands therein, unfit for cultivation, report
Subject
Reclamation of land, Louisiana, Levees, Louisiana, History, Levees, Mississippi River, Public lands, Louisiana
Date Issued
1848
Men building a levee along the Mississippi River
title
Men building a levee along the Mississippi River
Subject
Levees, Mississippi River, Photographs, Levees, Louisiana, Photographs, Blue collar workers, Louisiana, Photographs
Date created ms
1900, 1930
African-American laborers building a levee along the Mississippi River
title
African-American laborers building a levee along the Mississippi River
Subject
Levees, Mississippi River, Photographs, Levees, Louisiana, Photographs, Blue collar workers, Louisiana, Photographs
Date created ms
1900, 1930
View of Allendale Plantation from the levee
title
View of Allendale Plantation from the levee
Subject
Levees, Mississippi River, Photographs, Levees, Louisiana, Photographs, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, West Baton Rouge Parish, Photographs
Date created ms
1900, 1930
Second New Orleans District, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, asphalt mattress operations. Sinking mattresses at Westwego, La., Mississippi River, 1939 November 1.
title
Second New Orleans District, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, asphalt mattress operations. Sinking mattresses at Westwego, La., Mississippi River, 1939 November 1.
Subject
Levees, Mississippi River, Photographs, Revetment, Mississippi River, Photographs
Date created ms
1939-11-01
Levee construction.
title
Levee construction.
Subject
Levees, Design and construction, Louisiana, Photographs
Date created ms
1880, 1910
Name
Lytle, Andrew David, 1834-1917
Closeup of damaged revetment.
title
Closeup of damaged revetment.
Subject
Levees, Mississippi River, Photographs, Revetment, Mississippi River, Photographs
Date created ms
1928, 1945
Crane at levee construction site.
title
Crane at levee construction site.
Subject
Levees, Mississippi River, Photographs, Revetment, Mississippi River, Photographs
Date created ms
1928, 1945
Raceland No 4 ditches and levee system
title
Raceland No 4 ditches and levee system
Subject
Ditches, Louisiana, Levees, Louisiana, Drainage, Louisiana
Date Issued
1918
Abstract
Fig. 10.- Sketch map of area No. 4, Raceland, Lafourche Parish, La., outlining arrangement of ditches and levees.
Celotrex levee failure
title
Celotrex levee failure
Subject
Levees, Louisiana
Abstract
Flooding caused by levee failure
Building the levee in Jefferson Parish, ca 1908
title
Building the levee in Jefferson Parish, ca 1908
Subject
Levees, Louisiana, Jefferson Parish, Design and construction
Date Issued
1902
Abstract
Crews using horse drawn carts moving supplies to build a levee in Jefferson Parish
Burrwood, LA, 1903.
title
Burrwood, LA, 1903.
Subject
Levees, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, Design and construction
Date Issued
1903
Abstract
Construction Of The Facilites At Southwest Pass And The Establishment Of The Community Of Burrwood Began In 1898. This Photograph Shows Burrwood As It Appeared In 1903.
Rice Irrigation Canal near Kaplan.
title
Rice Irrigation Canal near Kaplan.
Subject
Kaplan (La.), Photographs, Canals, Louisiana, Photographs, Levees, Louisiana, Photographs
Date created ms
1923-01-14
Name
Percy Viosca, Jr.
Abstract
Camera looking along bank of canal in same direction as F1207b but with more of left bank in view
The Crevasse
title
The Crevasse
Subject
Floods, Louisiana, History, 20th century, Photographs, Levees, Louisiana, Photographs, Crevasses, Louisiana, Poydras, Photographs
Date created ms
1922-05-28
Name
Percy Viosca, Jr.
Abstract
Camera looking along levee to wooden fence barrier and then open water to shore beyond
Levee scene-Melville c. Ewing Inc M-121 7-18-27
title
Levee scene-Melville c. Ewing Inc M-121 7-18-27
Subject
Floods, Louisiana, History, 20th century, Photographs, Mississippi River, Floods, Photographs, Ewing, Inc, Melville (La.), Photographs, Levees, Louisiana, Melville, Photographs
Date created ms
1927-07-18

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