Irvin Mayfield Jr

ID: 921
This file appears in: London Avenue Canal Levee Breach in 2005

Irvin Mayfield Jr plays the Elysian Trumpet at Levees.org's Unveiling Ceremony for a Historic Plaque on May 20, 2011. His father, Irvin Mayfield Sr. was discovered drowned in the flooding not far from his home near the London Avenue Canal in Gentilly. Photo/Hubie Vigreux

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…