19TH CENTURY U.S. CANALS

Louisiana

 

 

Carondelet (Old Basin) Canal

 

1798 Carondelet Canal, Bayou St. John, Bayou Gentilly 

A historical map of the canal route.


300 unique New Orleans moments: Carondelet Canal tunnels through disrepair, connects city for 154 years

A brief history of the canal.


A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America – 1819
A brief description of the canal is on page 558.

 

An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature
A brief history and description of the canal begins on page 38.

 

Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor for the Year 1906
A brief history and description of the canal is on page 1399.

 

Acts Passed at the General Assembly of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana - 1920
An act to sell and dispose of the land of the former canal bgins on page 147.

 

Buddy Stall's New Orleans
A brief history of the canal is on page 45.

 

Carondelet Canal

A brief history and description is on page 1399.


Carondelet Canal
A brief history of the canal. Current photo.
 

Carondelet Canal
A brief history and description of the canal, plus a map.
 

Carondelet Canal & Navigation Co. v. State of Louisiana
A summary of a 1914 case brought against the canal company.
 

Carondelet Canal Corridor: Integrating Time and Place
A brief history of the canal, as part of a proposal to revitalize the neighborhood through which it ran.
 

Carondelet Canal Images
Includes a set of historical photos of the canal.
 

Carondelet Canal Images
A set of historical and current photos.

 

Carondelet Canal or Old Basin Canal

A brief history of the canal.  Historical photos.


Carondelet Canal/Walk (Old Basin Canal)
A brief history of the canal.   Includes a historical map and photo.

 

Charter and bye laws of the New Orleans canal and navigation company and laws relating thereto – 1852
 

Chronicling America
A set of historical newspaper articles which make reference to the canal.

 

Crescent City Memory - Part 6
A 1904 postcard photo of the basin at the end of the canal.
 

Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet
A brief biography of Carondelet, including reference to the canal he had built.
 

Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children: And Other Streets of New Orleans
A brief history of the Orleans Navigation Company and the canal begins on page 106.

 

Historical Map - French Quarter & Carondelet Canal, 1882


History of Louisiana, Volume 3
A brief history of the canal begins on page 351.

 

Lake Pontchartrain
Historical maps showing the canal route are on pages 20, 21 and 39.

 

Mitchell’s Compendium of the Internal Improvements of the United States – 1835
A brief description is on page 62.

 

New Orleans, 1718-1812: An Economic History
A brief history of the canal begins on page 291.

 

New Orleans: A Pictorial History
A brief history of the canal is on page 298.

 

New Orleans Architecture: Fauborg Treme and the Bayou Road
A history of the canal begins on page 60.

 

New Orleans in the Twenties
A brief history of the canal in the early part of the 20th century is on page 35.   Historical photo.

 

New Orleans Then and Now
A historical photo is on page 156.

 

NO_Oysters

A historical photo of the canal.


Old Basin Canal images


Old Basin, Head of Canal Carondelet

A historical photo of the canal.


Old Waterways of New Orleans: The Carondelet and New Basin Canals

A historical postcard of the canal.


Orleans Navigation Company Rules and Regulations
An 1817 newspaper article, announcing the opening of the canal and the rules of operation.

 

Perilous Place, Powerful Storms: Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana
A brief history of the canal is on page 25.

 

Public Spaces, Private Gardens
A brief history of the canal, and its role in the development of the city is on page 25.

 

Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army - 1889
A brief history of the canal is on page 1501.

 

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans
A brief history of the canal is on page 206.

 

The Creole Tourist’s Guide to the City of New Orelans – 1911
A brief history is on page 17.

 

The Lakes of Pontchartrain: Their History and Environments
A brief history of the canal begins on page 45.

 

The Old Basin Canal

A brief history of the canal.   Historical photos.


Time and Place in New Orleans: Past Geographies in the Present Day
A brief history of the canal begins on page 67.

 

Today’s Lafitte Greenway Was Spanish New Orleans’ Carondelet Canal

A brief history of the canal.   Historical and current maps and photos.


Rev. April, 2023