SHIP LOCK on the INNER HARBOR NAVIGATION CANAL at the PORT OF NEW ORLEANS
THE LOCK COMPLETED
COMPARISON OF DISTANCES BY AND BETWEEN NEW ORLEANS AND NEW YORK AND PRINCIPAL CITIES.
(Distances in statute miles, furnished by War Department.)
| New York | New Orleans | |
| Atlanta | 846 | 498 |
| Baltimore | 188 | 1,184 |
| Birmingham | 1,043 | 348 |
| Boston | 235 | 1,607 |
| Buffalo | 442 | 1,275 |
| Charleston | 739 | 776 |
| Chattanooga | 846 | 498 |
| Chicago | 912 | 912 |
| Cincinnati | 781 | 836 |
| Cleveland | 584 | 1,092 |
| Dallas | 1,642 | 515 |
| Denver | 1,932 | 1,356 |
| Detroit | 693 | 1,100 |
| Duluth | 1,390 | 1,340 |
| El Paso | 2,310 | 1,195 |
| Galveston | 1,782 | 410 |
| Indianapolis | 827 | 888 |
| Kansas City | 1,335 | 867 |
| Little Rock | 1,290 | 487 |
| Louisville | 867 | 749 |
| Memphis | 1,156 | 396 |
| Minneapolis | 1,332 | 1,285 |
| Mobile | 1,231 | 141 |
| Norfolk | 347 | 1,093 |
| Oklahoma City | 1,643 | 856 |
| Omaha | 1,402 | 1,070 |
| Pittsburgh | 444 | 1,142 |
| Philadelphia | 91 | 1,281 |
| Port Townsend | 3,199 | 2,979 |
| Portland, Oregon | 3,204 | 2,746 |
| Salt Lake City | 2,442 | 1,928 |
| San Antonio | 1,943 | 571 |
| San Francisco | 3,191 | 2,482 |
| Savannah | 845 | 661 |
| Seattle | 3,151 | 2,931 |
| St. Louis | 1,058 | 701 |
| Toledo | 705 | 1,040 |
| Washington, D.C. | 228 | 1,144 |
COMPARISON OF DISTANCES BY WATER ROUTES BETWEEN NEW ORLEANS AND NEW YORK TO PRINCIPAL PORTS OF THE WORLD.
(Distances in nautical miles, supplied by Hydrographic Office, Navy Department; land routes in statute miles supplied by War Department.)
| New York | New Orleans | |
| Antwerp | 3,325 | 4,853 |
| Bombay— | ||
| Via Suez | 8,120 | 9,536 |
| Via Cape of Good Hope | 11,250 | 11,848 |
| Buenos Ayres | 5,868 | 6,318 |
| Callao— | ||
| Via Panama | 3,392 | 2,764 |
| Via Tehauntepec | 4,246 | 2,991 |
| Cape Town | 6,851 | 7,374 |
| Colon (eastern end of Panama Canal) | 1,981 | 1,380 |
| Havana | 1,227 | 597 |
| Hong Kong— | ||
| Via Panama | 11,431 | 10,830 |
| [a] Via rail to San Francisco | 9,277 | 8,568 |
| Honolulu— | ||
| Via Panama | 6,686 | 6,085 |
| Via rail to San Francisco | 5,288 | 4,579 |
| Liverpool | 3,053 | 4,553 |
| London | 3,233 | 4,507 |
| Manila— | ||
| Via Panama | 11,546 | 10,993 |
| [a] Yokohama and San Francisco | 9,480 | 8,771 |
| [a] Yokohama and Port Townsend | 9,192 | 8,972 |
| Melbourne— | ||
| [a] Via San Francisco | 10,231 | 9,522 |
| Via Panama | 10,028 | 9,424 |
| Via Tehauntepec | 9,852 | 8,604 |
| Via Suez Canal | 12,981 | 14,303 |
| Mexico City— | ||
| By land and water | 2,399 | 1,172 |
| By land | 2,898 | 1,526 |
| New Orleans— | ||
| Land | 1,372 | |
| Water | 1,741 | |
| Nome, Alaska— | ||
| [a] Via San Francisco | 5,896 | 5,187 |
| [a] Via Port Townsend | 5,555 | 5,335 |
| Via Panama | 8,010 | 7,410 |
| Panama (western end Canal)— | ||
| Via Canal and Colon | 2,028 | 1,427 |
| Pernambuco, Brazil | 3,696 | 3,969 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 4,778 | 5,218 |
| San Juan, P.R. | 1,428 | 1,539 |
| Singapore— | ||
| Via Yokohama and Panama | 13,104 | 12,503 |
| Via Suez | 10,170 | 11,560 |
| San Francisco | 3,191 | 2,482 |
| Via Tehauntepec | 4,415 | 3,191 |
| Via Panama | 5,305 | 4,704 |
| Tehauntepec— | ||
| Eastern end of railroad | 2,036 | 812 |
| Valparaiso— | ||
| Via Panama | 4,637 | 4,035 |
| Yokohama— | ||
| Via Honolulu and Tehauntepec | 9,243 | 7,995 |
| Via Honolulu and Panama | 10,093 | 9,492 |
| Via Panama | 9,869 | 9,268 |
| [a] By land and water. | ||
| By land. |