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95.4 RBD Algiers Water Intake The muddy Mississippi River, which flows past New Orleans at an average rate of 300 billion gallons per day, is the city’s most reliable source of raw water. On a normal day, the city uses approximately 150 million gallons of water for vital
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95.4 LBD New Orleans Convention Center This is the site of the crown jewel/dud of the now-infamous 1984 Louisiana World's Fair. A $10 million gondola was strung across the Mississippi river, bank to bank, from a pair of 320-foot towers. When Archbishop of New Orleans Philip
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July 2008 Oil Spill in July 2008 a 600-foot tanker the Tintomara collided with the towboat a tugboat the Mel Oliver pulling an oil-laden barge underneath the Crescent City Connection, and broke the barge in half, spilling 282,000 gallons of No. 6 heavy oil into the river. The Mel
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95.6 Crescent City Connection - Greater New Orleans Bridge The Crescent City Connection (Greater New Orleans Bridge) is a milestone for long distance paddlers: this is the very last bridge on the entire Mississippi River system. Congratulations paddler! After paddling under your first bridge below Lake Itasca (the 1st
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95.7 LBD Thalia Street Wharf
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95.8 LBD Perry Street Wharf
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96.2 LBD Robin Street Wharf 96.2 LBD Mardi Gras World
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96.3 LBD Old New Orleans Power Plant Due to neglect, a remarkable green space has been created below the Old New Orleans Power Plant, with a sandy landing and willows behind you. This very skinny bar (10-50 feet wide depending on water level) appears at all water levels below
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96.6 RBD Gretna Harbor Traffic Control 96.6 LBD Celeste Street Wharf
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96.7 RBD Gretna Water Intake Gretna residents draw their drinking water directly from the Mississippi River, as do all communities and water districts downstream of Baton Rouge. This only reinforces the admonishment to be careful about what you dump in the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The saying “We
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96.8 RBD John. W. Stone Oil Distributor, Gretna Dock No’s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8
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97 LBD Gretna Paddlers could make landing alongside the public park located in downtown Gretna. See above for Ferry Landing. Paddler friendly town and city government.