Introduction
Past Floods in the
Lower Mississippi Valley
The Great Flood of 1927
The MR&T Project
Spillway Site Selection
Design Advances
Spillway Operation
Spillway Operational Effects
Natural Resource Values
Environmental Values
Cultural Resource Values
Recreational Values
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Cultural Resource Values
A cultural resource inventory of project lands at Bonnet
Carre' was completed in 1991. The result was the listing of
two properties on the National Register of Historic Places.
One is the Kenner and Kugler Cemeteries Archeological
District, located near the structure. This district consists of
two African-American cemetery plots which date to the early
19th century and received interments until federal purchase of
the property in 1928.
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The Corps has established buffer zones to protect these important historic sites from project operations. The other National Register property in the project area is the spillway structure itself. The structure is significant as an engineering landmark and for its important historical association with flood control efforts on the Lower Mississippi River. |
Contact
Kathy Gibbs, CEMVN-PA
Chief, Public Affairs Office
New Orleans, LA
504-862-2201
Kathy.Gibbs@usace.army.mil
Updated May 18, 2005
