Aerial view of West End, circa 1940s

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This file appears in: New Canal Lighthouse
Black and white photo from above of a building on a man made point jutting out into a body of water.

The Southern Yacht Club building is featured at the center of this aerial view. This building also was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and a new structure now stands on this site. The New Basin Lighthouse is located on the opposite side of the canal.

Courtesy of Louisiana Division/City Archives, New Orleans Public Library

This file appears in: New Canal Lighthouse

By Patrick Stephen
In the 1830s, Irish and German immigrants dug the New Basin Canal as a link between New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. The lake end of the canal featured the New Canal Lighthouse, originally an…