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Series Number Project Series Title Description Date Taken Project Dates OP # Negatives Contact Prints 8x10 Prints Digital # 15.01 Drainage Banks Street WPA workmen laying drainage pipes on Banks Street near Hagan Avenue. 4/10/1940 5 1 15.02 Drainage Bayou St. John Bayou St. John at Esplanade Bridge after WPA cleaned and beautified the bayou. 6/27/1938 1 1 15.03 Drainage Broad (North) Street WPA workers laying sub-surface drainage on North Broad Street. The thoroughfare will be widened from Bruxelles Street to Canal Street. 10/2/1940 3 1 15.04 Drainage Broad Canal View showing open canal on South Broad Street (near Howard Avenue), between the pumping station and the New Basin Canal. Negative #2 damaged. 1/13/1939 2 1 15.05 Drainage Broad Canal Broad Canal before WPA began the construction of a new 8x20 foot concrete box culvert. 3/10/1939 2 1 15.06 Drainage Broad Canal Construction by WPA of a concrete box culvert eliminated an open canal and provided for the widening of the thoroughfare. View from the New Basin Canal looking towards Washington Avenue. 4/13/1939 2 1 15.07 Drainage Broad Canal Concrete bottom of the Broad Canal being poured by WPA workmen at Thalia Street. A new underground culvert will replace the open canal on Broad Street from the New Basin Canal to Melpomene Street. 5/15/1939 3 1 15.08 Drainage Broad Canal The construction by WPA of a concrete box culvert in Broad Street eliminated an open canal and provided for the widening of the thoroughfare. Negatives 1-9 show work between Thalia and Erato; #10 shows work between Clio and Calliope; #11 s
hows work between Calliope and Euphrosine; and #12 shows work at Euphrosine Street. 6/16/1939 12 7 15.09 Drainage Broad Canal The installation of a concrete box culvert on Broad Street removed a hazard to traffic, widened the thoroughfare and eliminated an unsanitary open canal. Negative #1: Howard Avenue to Euphrosine Street; #2: Euphrosine Street to "Basin;" #3: Euphrosine Street to Erato Street; #4 & 5: Erato Street to Euphrosine Street. 7/24/1939 5 2 15.10 Drainage Broad Canal Broad Canal nearing completion by WPA workmen. The last section of the concrete box culvert, 20 feet wide and 8 feet deep, which runs from Melpomene Street to the New Basin Canal, is now being poured by WPA workmen. The canal ties in with a siphon which goes beneath the New Basin Canal and connects there with drainage systems emptying into the Broad and St. Louis Street pumping stations. When the canal is covered, the city plans to widen Broad Street. 9/25/1939 4 1 15.11 Drainage Broad Canal WPA workmen completed underground culvert to replace the open canal on Broad Street from the New Basin Canal to Melpomene Street. 12/27/1939 2 1 15.12 Drainage Calliope Street Removing old water mains on the riverfront, Calliope Street and the river. The removal of old drainage pipes at the water level of the Mississippi River removed a hazard at flood stages of the river. 1/28/1938 2 1 15.13 Drainage Calliope Street Installation of sub-surface drainage system on Calliope Street. 10/3/1939 3 1 15.14 Drainage Canal Boulevard WPA began the construction of a concrete box culvert to replace the open drainage canal on Canal Boulevard. The new system will serve the lakefront. This photograph shows Canal Boulevard near Fillmore Avenue. 7/18/1937 3/12/1937- O.P. 165-64-1509 1 1 15.15 Drainage Canal Boulevard This photograph, taken near Florida Avenue before WPA started the rehabilitation of Canal Boulevard, shows the open drainage canal down the center of the street, which was replaced by modern sub-surface drainage. 9/5/1937 3/12/1937- O.P. 165-64-1509 2 1 15.16 Drainage Canal Boulevard WPA workmen begin the construction of a concrete box culvert to replace an open drainage canal down the middle of Canal Boulevard. The new underground system drains the lakefront. This photograph shows the area at Polk Avenue. 9/5/1937 3/12/1937- O.P. 165-64-1509 6 1 15.17 Drainage Canal Boulevard Heavy timber shoring placed by WPA workmen on the Canal Boulevard drainage job. This work was followed by the pouring of concrete. The concrete box culvert has since replaced an open drainage ditch and serves the lakefront. This photograph
shows the area near Robert E. Lee Boulevard. 4/15/1938 3/12/1937- O.P. 165-64-1509 11 1 15.18 Drainage Canal Boulevard WPA workmen pouring concrete on the Canal Boulevard concrete box culvert which will replace an open drainage canal and serve the lakefront. 4/12/1938 3/12/1937- O.P. 165-64-1509 11 1 15.19 Drainage Canal Boulevard WPA crew near completion of the Canal Boulevard concrete box culvert which replaced an old open drainage ditch. This new sub-surface drainage system serves the lakefront. These photographs show the area near Robert E. Lee Boulevard.
7/1/1938 3/12/1937- O.P. 165-64-1509 4 1 15.20 Drainage Canal Boulevard Continuation of Canal Boulevard culvert at Diaz and Kenilworth Streets. WPA workmen pouring concrete on the box culvert which provides drainage for the lakefront. 8/17/1938 3/12/1937- O.P. 165-64-1509 4 1 15.21 Drainage Canal Boulevard Canal Boulevard neutral ground over drainage culvert is nearing completion. Following the installation of sub-surface drainage and the paving of Canal Boulevard, the neutral ground was beautified by the WPA. These photographs show the area
near Florida Avenue. 2/6/1939 3/12/1937- O.P. 165-64-1509 9 1 15.22 Drainage Celeste Street Removing old water mains on the riverfront, Celeste Street and the river. The removal of old drainage pipes at the water level of the Mississippi River removed a hazard at flood stages of the river. 1/28/1938 12/20/1937- O.P. 465-64-1-1 2 1 15.23 Drainage Claiborne (North) Avenue Sewerage system at North Claiborne Avenue and Alvar Street. The city-wide drainage program enabled the laying of sub-surface drainage on all paved or repaved streets in the city paving project. 12/20/1936 12/20/1937- O.P. 465-64-1-1 1 1 15.24 Drainage Claiborne (North) Avenue Sewerage construction at North Claiborne Avenue and Alvar Street. The city-wide drainage program enabled the laying of sub-surface drainage on all paved or repaved streets in the city paving project. 2/28/1937 12/20/1937- O.P. 465-64-1-1 2 1 15.25 Drainage Claiborne (South) Avenue View of South Claiborne Avenue drainage canal before WPA workmen removed the wooden lining and replaced it with concrete. This view shows the area from Philip Street to Third Street. 5/2/1940 4 1 15.26 Drainage Claiborne (South) Avenue Relining of the walls of the South Claiborne Avenue canal is about eighty percent complete. The process shown here is called gunniting in which cement and sand are forced through a rubber hose with ninety pounds of air pressure and mixed at the nozzle with water. The canal will be lined with concrete from Third Street to Melpomene Street. 7/18/1940 8 1 15.27 Drainage Gentilly Highway Placement of drainage for Gentilly Highway at Belfort Street. A city-wide drainage project took care of sub-surface drainage on all repaved streets throughout the city. 10/6/1938 12/20/1937- O.P. 465-64-1-1 2 1 15.28 Drainage Gentilly Highway WPA workmen laying sub-surface drainage on Gentilly Road at St. Anthony Street. 10/31/1938 12/20/1937- O.P. 465-64-1-1 2 1 15.29 Drainage Jackson Avenue Removing old water mains on the riverfront, Jackson Avenue and the river. The removal of old drainage pipes at the water level of the Mississippi River removed a hazard at flood stages of the river. 1/28/1938 12/20/1937- O.P. 465-64-1-1 4 1 15.30 Drainage Julia Street Removing old water mains on the riverfront, Julia Street and the river. The removal of old drainage pipes at the water level of the Mississippi River removed a hazard at flood stages of the river. 1/28/1938 12/20/1937- O.P. 465-64-1-1 2 1 15.31 Drainage Mandeville Street WPA workmen excavating old city water pipes along the riverfront between Mandeville and Spain Streets. 11/20/1937 12/20/1937- O.P. 465-64-1-1 6 1 15.32 Drainage Mazant Street WPA workers laying drainage facilities on Mazant Street near Claiborne Avenue, Law Street and Florida Street. 5/8/1941 5 1 15.33 Drainage Melpomene Drainage Canal View of the Melpomene drainage canal with old wooden lining. WPA workmen will removed the outmoded lining and cement it. This view was taken from South Claiborne Avenue to South Broad Street. 5/2/1940 3 1 15.34 Drainage Milne Street Canal A part of the general city-wide drainage program, this project closed an open canal and generally improved the neighborhood. This view shows the area near Homedale Avenue. 6/29/1939 12/20/1937- O.P. 465-64-1-1 1 1 15.35 Drainage Milne Street Canal A part of the general city-wide drainage program, this project closed an open canal and generally improved the neighborhood. Negative #1: at Mound Street; #2: Mound Street to the Southern Railway tracks; #3: Mound Street to Florida Street.
7/5/1939 12/20/1937- O.P. 465-64-1-1 3 1 15.36 Drainage Orange Street Removing old water mains on the riverfront, Orange Street and the river. The removal of old drainage pipes at the water level of the Mississippi River removed a hazard at flood stages of the river. 1/28/1938 12/20/1937- O.P. 465-64-1-1 2 1 15.37 Drainage Orleans Canal At Robert E. Lee Boulevard. Lakefront drainage being taken under the Orleans Canal (note sidewall protection and pumps). The construction of a concrete drainage siphon under the bed of the Orleans Canal was considered unusual engineering b
y the WPA. 9/29/1937 11/11/1935- O.P. 65-64-987 9 1 15.38 Drainage Orleans Canal At Robert E. Lee Boulevard. On November 30, 1937, the waters walled out by steel sheet-pining. These workmen are working just ahead of the concrete mixers pouring the box culvert siphon. 11/30/1937 11/11/1935- O.P. 65-64-987 4 1 15.39 Drainage Orleans Canal At Robert E. Lee Boulevard. Siphon at Orleans Canal. The construction of a concrete drainage siphon under the bed of the Orleans Canal was considered by the WPA as unusual engineering. 2/4/1938 11/11/1935- O.P. 65-64-987 3 1 15.40 Drainage Orleans Canal At Robert E. Lee Boulevard. An interior photo of the concrete box culvert siphon. In the foreground is shown the normal drain and on either side are flood chambers, five feet square, which take care of flood waters. Concrete duct under Orl
eans Canal , view of interior before closing. 2/15/1938 11/11/1935- O.P. 65-64-987 4 1 15.41 Drainage Orleans Canal At Robert E. Lee Boulevard. Views show approaches to canal duct under the Orleans Canal. 2/21/1938 11/11/1935- O.P. 65-64-987 6 1 15.42 Drainage Orleans Canal At Robert E. Lee Boulevard. Concrete siphon under the Orleans Canal nearing completion. 7/1/1938 11/11/1935- O.P. 65-64-987 8 1 15.43 Drainage Orleans Canal At Robert E. Lee Boulevard. One of the two five feet square chambers and the WPA-built drainage siphon below the bed of the Orleans Canal. This drainage canal beneath a canal will care for storm waters in the new Lake Vista subdivision. 10/25/1938 11/11/1935- O.P. 65-64-987 1 1 15.44 Drainage Orleans Canal At Robert E. Lee Boulevard. Entrance to the WPA-built concrete drainage system thirteen feet below the bed of the Olreans Canal at Robert E. Lee Boulevard. The twelve inch drain in the center is designed to care for the normal storm water drainage. When flood waters gather in the siphon, they will spill over the two wings into the five feet square chambers, to be carried under the Orleans Canal and into the lakefront drainage system and finally to the Orleans pumping station. 10/25/1938 11/11/1935- O.P. 65-64-987 1 1 15.45 Drainage Orleans Canal At Robert E. Lee Boulevard. The completed drainage siphon under the Orleans Canal which will drain New Orleans' new lakefront subdivision. 10/25/1938 11/11/1935- O.P. 65-64-987 1 1 15.46 Drainage Orleans Canal At Robert E. Lee Boulevard. Completion of WPA-built concrete drainage siphon thirteen feet below the canal bed. 10/25/1938 11/11/1935- O.P. 65-64-987 16 1 15.47 Drainage Orleans Street Canal Boulevard drainage system tying into Number 7 pumping station (Orleans Street and Florida Avenue). This drainage system cares for lakefront drainage. 5/8/1939 3/12/1937- O.P. 165-64-1509 1 1 15.48 Drainage Orleans Street WPA workers laying drainage facilities for the new housing project at Orleans and Galvez Streets (Lafitte Housing Project). 2/11/1941 5 1 15.49 Drainage Palmyra Street Installation of drainage system on Palmyra Street at South Prieur Street. 7/18/1937 12/20/1937- O.P. 465-64-1-1 3 0 15.50 Drainage Peoples Avenue Canal View of the canal from Gentilly to the river (negatives #7 & #8); from Gentilly to the lake (negatives #9, #10 & #11), before WPA workmen lined the canal. 4/20/1940 5 1 15.51 Drainage Peoples Avenue Canal WPA crews will line the banks of the canal with concrete from Gentilly Boulevard to the lake. 10/2/1940 4 1 15.52 Drainage Peoples Avenue Canal WPA workers have lined the banks of this section of the canal with concrete. This view was taken near Florida Avenue. 10/2/1940 2 1 15.53 Drainage Peoples Avenue Canal WPA workmen lined the banks of the canal from Gentilly Boulevard to the lake. This view shows a completed portion of the canal. 12/18/1941 1 0 15.54 Drainage Peoples Avenue Canal WPA workers reconstructed the canal from Florida Avenue to Prentiss Street, a distance of 2.2 miles. The concrete canal bottom, ranging from 12 to 18 feet in width, consists of a six-inch concrete slab held in place by 10,624 concrete piles, each of which is six feet long and two feet wide. The sloping sides of the canal were sprayed with concrete over a reinforced steel mesh. The canal now drains an important defense area of the city. 3/10/1942 7 0 15.55 Drainage Perrier Street WPA workmen installing curbs and gutters on Perrier Street at State Street towards Webster Street. 11/8/1939 2 1 15.56 Drainage Robert E. Lee Boulevard A major factor in the development by WPA of the Lake Vista residential subdivision was the installation of a modern drainage system. 3/23/1937 10/27/1936-10/25/1938 O.P. 165-64-4004 2 1 15.57 Drainage Rocheblave (North) Street A city-wide drainage program by WPA extended the sewerage system of New Orleans and closed many open gutters along old thoroughfares. 7/7/1938 12/20/1937 O.P. 465-64-1-1 1 1 15.58 Drainage St. Bernard Housing Project WPA workers are constructing drainage structures for the new St. Bernard Housing Project on St. Bernard Avenue near Florida Avenue. 5/8/1941 2 1 15.59 Drainage Upper Protection Levee WPA workers gunniting the banks of the Upper Protection Levee from South Claiborne Avenue to Palm Street. This view shows the Airline Highway in the background. 7/18/1940 4 1 15.60 Drainage Ursuline Avenue A general city-wide WPA drainage program extended New Orleans' sewerage and closed many open gutters along old thoroughfares. This view shows the area at North Dorgenois Street. 7/7/1938 12/20/1937 O.P. 465-64-1-1 2 1
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