Residents install Historic Plaque at the London Avenue Canal

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

Three members of the Gentilly community hoist Historic Plaque onto post. Nick Harris, Sr, Asst VP at Dillard University- CDC, Rev Lionel Davis, Sr, Liaison, Pilotland & Chaplain, Filmore Gardens Neighborhood Assoc, Oji Alexander, Project Assistant, Project Home Again. H.J. Bosworth Jr, lead researcher for Levees.org (behind plaque) assists. 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…