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126.1 LBD - Diamond and Norco These two communities are sandwiched between a Shell chemical plant on the east and a sprawling facility including another Shell Chemical plant and two oil refineries on the west. After a series of frightening explosions and accidents at the Shell Chemical facility, the
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127 RBD Upper St. Rose Repair & Fleeting A shallow gully washes in here amongst the noise and hub-bub of neighboring industrial giants. Neither landings nor any bank side activity recommended, but in case of emergency you could pull up the sandy drainage here and get your breath. If you
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127 RBD Upper St. Rose Repair Wharf and Fleet Mooring Another long line of barge fleeting is found West Bank, with no opportunity for stopping. Winds get concentrated by the non-stop bankside infrastructure, as well as the waves. Be especially careful about paddling through here in strong Southerly or Easterly
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127.8 RBD Taft Taft began as a sugarcane plantation and slowly grew to include a post office, store, and the Holy Rosary Catholic Church (established in 1877). In 1966, Union Carbide (now Dow Chemical Corporation) bought the Holy Rosary property and moved the church to Hahnville. The Holy Rosary
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128.1 - 127.8 RBD Dow Chemical Company (Union Carbide Corp) Union Carbide Corporation began operating a petrochemical plant near Taft, La. in 1966. Dow Chemical Company acquired Union Carbide Corporation in 1999 and the facility now operates under the Dow logo. The facility currently consists of a 2,
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128.4 RBD - Air Products, Air Liquide, Praxair, Galata, Koch Nitrogen Air Products, Air Liquide, and Praxair are companies that operate facilities that supply industrial air products to larger industrial facilities. Most of the larger industrial complexes will have at least one of these facilities which supply liquid nitrogen,
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128.7 RBD IMC Phosphates, Taft Plant Wharf
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128.8 LBD False Boat Ramp Don’t stop here unless in emergency. This is a rocky landing with boulders strewn about, and other hazardous objects that you could run into when the water covers them, and a mud pit when the water is low. No access from here to
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128.8 - 127.3 LBD Bonnet Carre Anchorage The Bonnet Carre Anchorage coincides exactly with the mileage of the spillway, so paddlers coming around Thirty Five Mile Point intending to stop at the Spillway will need to negotiate these freighters in one fashion or the other. As will other
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128.8 - 127.3 Kugler and Kenner Cemeteries There are two graveyards located in the spillway. The cemeteries containing the remains of both free and enslaved African-Americans are under several feet of sediment. When the Spillway gates are opened, the cemeteries are flooded with up to 30 feet of
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128.9 RBD Occidental Chemical Koch Industries, Taft Plant Dock Occidental Chemical (OxyChem) produces chlorine, caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) and caustic potash (potassium hydroxide). It’s toxic releases for 2013 were 105 pounds into the air and 209 into the river.
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129.4 LBD Entergy Montz Power Plant