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| Keywords: IndustrialCanalAirView1940s.jpg New Orleans Air view of the Industrial Canal late 1940s <p> The view is looking roughly northwards to the Lake Pontchartrain end of the Canal Shown is moderate flooding on areas beside the Canal at the time little developed from the 1947 hurricane The Chef Menteur/Gentilly bridge is seen towards the bottom of the photo The peninsula of Lakefront Airport is seen at top right <p> Note the source website incorrectly refers to The locks of the Industrial Canal ; no locks are visible in this photo they are by St Claude Avenue some distance below the view seen here The only structures are the bridges at Chef Highway and at Seabrook/Hayne just before the end of the Canal at the Lake <p> The first source site expresses uncertainty about whether this is 1947 or 1948 but http //nutrias org/~nopl/monthly/january2006/jan0611 htm here asserts it is 1947 US Army Corps of Engineers photograph via http //nutrias org/~nopl/monthly/sept98/sept98 htm 1947 Uncredited US Army Corps of Engineers photographer PD-USGov Lake Pontchartrain Bridges over the Industrial Canal Black and white aerial photographs of New Orleans Road bridges in New Orleans Louisiana 1947 in New Orleans | ||||
