The Orleans Canal is a drainage canal in New Orleans, Louisiana. The canal, along with the 17th Street Canal and the London Avenue Canal, form the New...
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Canal Street (French: rue du canal) is a major thoroughfare in the city of New Orleans. Forming the upriver boundary of the city's oldest neighborhood...
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flooding from the New Orleans Hurricane of 1915 due to a break in the protection levee at Florida Avenue. The Industrial Canal was dredged through the...
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Ninth Ward. On the western edge of New Orleans near Hammond Highway, a breach opened in the 17th Street Canal levee. Floodwater flowed through a hole...
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Pontchartrain. The canal, along with the Orleans Canal and the London Avenue Canal, form the New Orleans Outfall Canals. The 17th Street Canal forms a significant...
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running along Loyola Avenue from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Canal Street, then continuing along Canal Street to the river, and on weekends...
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Canal Bank and Trust was a commercial bank in New Orleans, Louisiana. Canal Bank and Trust was formed by the 1919 merger of Commercial Trust and Savings...
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1031 Canal was a partially collapsed 190-foot-tall (58 m) multi-use high-rise building in New Orleans, Louisiana, located at 1031 Canal Street in the Central...
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The Industrial Canal is a 5.5 mile (9 km) waterway in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The waterway's proper name, as used by the U.S. Army Corps...
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Street Canal levee, the London Avenue Canal, and the wide, navigable Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, which left approximately 80% of New Orleans flooded...
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Railroad Co. was next, followed in 1867 by the Canal and Claiborne Streets Railroad Co. and in 1868 by the Orleans Railroad Co. The horsecar lines of these...
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in New Orleans, with the completion of 17 of the city's 40 tallest buildings. Today, the high-rises of New Orleans are clustered along Canal Street and...
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Orléans (UK: /ɔːrˈliːənz, ˈɔːrliənz/; US: /ˌɔːrleɪˈɒ̃, ˌɔːrliˈɑːn, ɔːrˈleɪənz/, French: [ɔʁleɑ̃] ) is a city in north-central France, about 120 kilometres...
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Grant's Canal (also known as Williams's Canal) was an incomplete military effort to construct a canal through De Soto Point in Louisiana, across the Mississippi...
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provided a shorter route between the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans' inner harbor Industrial Canal via the Intracoastal Waterway. In 2005, the MRGO channeled...
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One Canal Place, located at 365 Canal Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 32-story, 440 feet (134 m)-tall skyscraper...
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Commission, are Iberville, Decatur and Canal Streets to the north; the Mississippi River to the east; the New Orleans Morial Convention Center, Julia and...
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The Canal d'Orléans (French pronunciation: [kanal dɔʁleɑ̃]) connects the river Loire at Orléans to a junction with the Canal du Loing and the Canal de...
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outfall canals in New Orleans, Louisiana – the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue and London Avenue canals. These canals are a critical element of New Orleans’ flood...
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The 4th House of Orléans (French: Maison d'Orléans), sometimes called the House of Bourbon-Orléans (French: Maison de Bourbon-Orléans) to distinguish it...
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The history of New Orleans, Louisiana traces the city's development from its founding by the French in 1718 through its period of Spanish control, then...
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Lake Pontchartrain (redirect from Northshore (New Orleans Area))
the west via Pass Manchac. The Industrial Canal connects the Mississippi River with the lake at New Orleans. Bonnet Carré Spillway diverts water from...
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Lower Ninth Ward (redirect from Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans)
Ward is often thought of as the entire area within New Orleans downriver of the Industrial Canal; however, the City Planning Commission divides this area...
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boundary was the New Basin Canal, now Pontchartrain Boulevard, across which is the 17th Ward. The lower boundary is the Orleans Canal, across which is more...
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Thus, flood threats to metropolitan New Orleans include the Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain, canals throughout the city, and natural rainfall...
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Industrial Canal began in 1918 and was completed in 1923, creating the principal geographical barrier that would separate eastern New Orleans from the rest...
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The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815, between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under...
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The Canal Streetcar Line is a historic streetcar line in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is operated by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA). It...
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41 West End 42 Canal – Cemeteries 43 Canal Boulevard – Lake Vista 44 Canal Boulevard Express – Lake Vista 45 Canal – City Park 46 Orleans (originally 46...
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Street Canal Carondelet Canal Florida Canal London Avenue Canal New Orleans Outfall Canals Orleans Canal Washington-Palmetto Canal Holyoke Canal System...
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