print email comment close National Register Evaluation of New Orleans Drainage System, Orleans Parish, Louisiana URL: http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pao/history/NO_Drainage/NewOrleansDrainage.htm Description: 1999 report about the history of "the modern New Orleans drainage system [which] represents a unique technological solution to natural conditions that have played an important role in the settlement and expansion of the city. The system was designed in 1895, and construction of the system began in 1897." The report recommends selected pumping stations be considered individually eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Includes a bibliography and numerous images. Publisher: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District Extra Keywords hurricanekatrina katrina katrinaenvironment flood levee control katrinafloodcontrol Library of Congress Subject Headings: Drainage Flood control -- Louisiana Historic sites -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Hydraulic engineering United States. Army. Corps of Engineers LII Database Information: Record 1652 created by Maria Brandt on 09/06/2005 Last modification on 09/14/2005 Published: 09/06/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/1652