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Levee Work: 1903
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 3:24pm.
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New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1903. "Mule teams on the levee." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
The railroads
Submitted by Kevin Slark on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 10:29pm.
are the Alabama & Vicksburg, which ran between Meridian and Vicksburg. It later became part of the Illinois Central's greater Meridian to Shreveport line. The road has quite the history; it was first proposed in the 1830s.
As for the SICL (figuring this out took me a good half-hour), it's the Southern Iron Car Line, which according to The Railway Age of December 9, 1904, was a freight car provider.
Reporting Mark
Submitted by Brent on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 3:59pm.
I've only been able to find the A&V which was the Alabama & Vicksburg. The SICL (not SICV) is a mystery.
All that's left
Submitted by Kevin Slark on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 10:24am.
besides the Jax Brewery is one of the four industrial buildings about midway down the levee (and the corner of Clay and Bienville) and I think that's the spire of St. Patrick's Church in the background.
Thanks for showing us a long-gone New Orleans.
R.R.s
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 6:17pm.
Can anyone identify the A&V and S.I.C.V. railroads?
Keep Off
Submitted by JohnHoward on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 1:08pm.
It seems the only way to get this photo was to disobey the signs.
Breathtaking
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 12:43pm.
The photographer had a true artist's eye.
JAX
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 10:14am.
The brewery has the only public washrooms in the French Quarter, a dangerous situation in a city that sells beer on the streets!
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