The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans / History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce

by Thomas Ewing Dabney

History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant
Facility Created to Encourage Industrial
Expansion and Develop Commerce

By Thomas Ewing Dabney

Published by
Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans
Second Port U. S. A.
May, 1921

(Copyright, 1921, by Thomas Ewing Dabney).

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD	[ 2]
THE NEED RECOGNIZED FOR A CENTURY	[ 5]
NEW ORLEANS DECIDES TO BUILD CANAL	[ 8]
SMALL CANAL FIRST PLANNED	[ 13]
THE DIRT BEGINS TO FLY	[ 17]
CANAL PLANS EXPANDED	[ 22]
DIGGING THE DITCH	[ 27]
OVERWHELMING ENDORSEMENT BY NEW ORLEANS	[ 31]
SIPHON AND BRIDGES	[ 36]
THE REMARKABLE LOCK	[ 40]
NEW CHANNEL TO THE GULF	[ 48]
WHY GOVERNMENT SHOULD OPERATE CANAL	[ 54]
ECONOMIC ASPECT OF CANAL	[ 60]
CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND CONTRACTORS	[ 66]
OTHER PORT FACILITIES	[ 70]
COMPARISON OF DISTANCES BETWEEN NEW ORLEANS AND THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND PORTS OF THE WORLD	[ 78]

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THE NEED RECOGNIZED FOR A CENTURY.