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1831 New Basin Canal
A brief history of the canal. Includes a
historical painting.
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1832-1950s - New Basin Canal
Historical
photos of the canal.
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1838: New Basin Canal
A historical photo of the canal.
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1895 Lumber Schooner, New Basin Canal
Historical photo of a ship in the
canal, and brief description of the role of the Irish
in the canal's construction.
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683 Things about New
Orleans
A brief history and description is on page 4.
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A call to remember 8,000
Irish who died while building the New Orleans Canal
A brief history of the tragic role of the Irish in
building the canal.
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Beacon of Hope
A brief history of the light, constructed at the head of
the canal.
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Before I-10, the New Basin
Canal flowed through New Orleans
A brief history of the
canal. Historical photos.
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Catastrophe in the
Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the
Disasters of Tomorrow
A brief history begins on page 49.
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Frenchmen, Desire,
Good Children: And Other Streets of New Orleans
A brief history begins on page 112.
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Hearing Sappho in New
Orleans
Includes a brief history of the canal.
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History of
the Canal
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History of the
Southern Yacht Club
A brief history begins on page 135.
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Lake Pontchartrain
A brief history of the canal is on page 37, a map is
on page 39 and historical photos begin on page 41.
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Lakeview
A brief history of the neighborhood,
with reference to the canal. Current photos.
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Lakeview Neighborhood
Snapshot
A brief history of the neighborhood, with reference to
the canal. Historical photos.
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New Basin Canal
A brief history of the canal.
Current photos.
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New Basin Canal
A brief history of the canal. Historical
photos.
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New Basin Canal construction
1831 – 1835
A brief history of the canal. Historical
photos.
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New Basin Canal Historical
Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Orleans
Parish.
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New Basin Canal Images
A set of historical and current
photos.
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New Basin Canal Images
A set of historical and current photos.
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New Basin Canal Park
A brief
history of the canal. Current photo.
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New Basin Canal Photos
A large collection of historical and
current photos.
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New Canal Light
Historic and pre-Hurricane Katrina
photo of the lighthouse, at the head of the canal.
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New Canal Light
A historical photo of the former lighthouse.
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New Orleans: A Pictorial
History
Historical photos are on pages 230, 252, 282 and 298.
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New Orleans Navigation Canal
A brief history and description of the canal.
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nola-lifeboatpractice
Historical photo of the canal.
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Over New Orleans:
Aerial Photographs
A brief history of the canal is on page 63.
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Report
– Louisiana Board of State Engineers - 1900
A status of the canal maintenance and updates is on
page 34.
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Special Report on the New Orleans Canal
& Navigation Company
Link to an 1856 report.
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Spirits
of New Orleans: Voodoo Curses, Vampire Legends
and Cities of the Dead
The role of the Irish in building the canal begins
on page 233.
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The Historic New Canal
Lighthouse
A brief history of the former lighthouse.
Historical photos.
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The
Irish Americans: A History
The devastation of malaria and yellow fever on the
Irish workers is described on page 45.
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The Irish Laborers and the
New Basin Canal
A brief history of the role of the Irish in the canal
construction. Historical photos.
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The New Basin Canal, 1832 –
1838
A brief history of the canal.
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Ten
Lessons Bankers Never Learn: How Banks Operate
and Why Bankers Screw Up
A brief history of the New Orleans Canal Banking
Company, which helped finance the canal, begins on page
38.
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The
New Orleans Book - 1919
A brief history of the canal begins on page 71.
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