River Log section: Baton Rouge to Venice
Baton Rouge to Venice
187.9 LBD - Total Petrochemicals and Refining and Caravelle Energy Center Total Petrochemicals operates a polystyrene production complex which produces styrene monomer from ethylbenzene and then polystyrene from styrene monomer. Total Petrochemical’s styrene’s complex is one of the largest polystyrene facilities in the world and can produce
Baton Rouge to Venice
200.1 LBD - Industrial Complex including Taminco Inc., Syngenta, and Olin Chlor Alkali The largest facility in the complex is Syngenta Crop Protection LLC which produces atrazine, herbicides, some insecticides, and seed safeners which are shipped to agricultural operations in 90 countries. Many of the trucks leaving the facility
Baton Rouge to Venice
201.6 LBD - Willow Glen Power Plant Entergy’s Willow Glen Power Plant is a natural gas and fuel oil fired power plant used to provide variable levels of energy and/or capacity to the area when needed and the first power plant that you will encounter on this
Baton Rouge to Venice
203.3 RBD - SNF Flopam SNF Flopam manufactures acrylamide monomer and polyacrylamide powders packaged in bags or supersacks within the Dow complex. Toxic Releases (TRI) for 2013 in pounds: SNF Flopam: Air: 317,435
Baton Rouge to Venice
203.8 LBD - LBC Sunshine Terminal LBC Sunshine terminal is a bulk liquid terminal with 40 tanks, a storage capacity of 118,020,000 gallons, and handles chemicals, petroleum products, and oils.
Baton Rouge to Venice
205.5 Axiall (formerly Georgia Gulf) & 204.8 Shintec Louisiana Plaquemine PVC Plant These two large facilities produce chlorvinyl chemicals, primarily for the manufacture of PVC. Shintech Corp. is the worlds largest producer of PVC. Along with the Dow Chemical and other Shintech facilities in the area, a large
Baton Rouge to Venice
209.6 RBD - Dow wastewater outfall A torrent of wastewater enters the Mississippi River here. This area is best avoided.
Baton Rouge to Venice
222 and 210 RBD - Dow Chemical Company Louisiana Operations, Dexco, and Shintech Addis With the purchase of four plantations in Iberville and West Baton Rouge parishes, Dow established it's Louisiana Operations in 1956. Today, the 1,500-acre integrated manufacturing facility is one of Louisiana’s largest petrochemical
Baton Rouge to Venice
229.6 - 228.6 RBD - Port Of Baton Rouge The Port of Baton Rouge has 45' deepwater access for ocean-going vessels, 3,000 continuous feet of wharf, 525,000 square feet of warehouse space, 50,000 square feet of open shipside storage, rail and truck access to
Baton Rouge to Venice
20.1 LBD - Fort St. Philip (1761 - 1765, 1792 - 1923) Directly across the Mississippi River from Fort Jackson, at Bayou Mardi Gras. A small French work known as Fort St. Philippe (1761 - 1765) was first located here. It was abandoned. The Spanish then built Fort San
Baton Rouge to Venice
20 RBD Fort Jackson (1824 - 1920's) Completed in 1832, Fort Jackson was originally built similar to Fort Morgan in Mobile, Alabama. In 1858 the exterior Lower and Upper Water Batteries were built to either flank of the fort. The Confederates gained control in 1861, but the star-shaped
Baton Rouge to Venice
78.1 RBD - Fort St. Leon Fort St. Leon was the name of a French fort, as well as an American fort, each established at a section on the Mississippi River below New Orleans known as English Turn. The French fort was begun in 1749 but was abandoned by