A barge with dredge is used in the 17th St. Canal to add sandbags to a compromised containment wall on the east side of the canal. PHOTO BY ELLIS LUCIA
Panels of 17th St. Canal containment wall lie in a flooded Lakeview neighborhood. PHOTO BY ELLIS LUCIA
A barge with dredge (left) is used in the 17th St. Canal to add sandbags to a compromised containment wall on the east side of the canal. At right is the newly constructed roadbed where berm was once used. PHOTO BY ELLIS LUCIA
View of the Industrial Canal containment wall breach at left from the Claiborne Av. bridge. PHOTO BY ELLIS LUCIA
View of the Industrial Canal containment wall breach from the Lower 9th Ward with the N. Claiborne Av. bridge in the background. At left is a barge that barrelled thru the breach and the foundation of houses washed away in the foreground. PHOTO BY ELLIS LUCIA
Containment wall failure and topping at the 17th St. Canal, the London Av. Canal and the Industrial Canal by storm surge from Hurricane Katrina are examined by experts from the LSU Hurricane Center during a field trip. PHOTO BY ELLIS LUCIA
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