Site of Louisiana Historic Plaque near London Avenue Canal Breach

ID: 920
This file appears in: London Avenue Canal Levee Breach in 2005

Today, there is a Louisiana State Historic Plaque at the site of this neutral ground, the corner of Mirabeau Avenue and Warrington Drive in the Gentilly neighorhood of New Orleans. In this photo taken Oct 20, 2005 the damage is conspicuous. Notice a home in the middle of Warrington Drive in front of the canal breach. Photo/Steve Nelson

This file appears in: London Avenue Canal Levee Breach in 2005

By Levees.org
In 1965, Hurricane Betsy demonstrated that a major hurricane could overtop the earthen levees of the London Avenue Canal. So the Army Corps of Engineers recommended two plans -- raising the height of…