River Log section: Baton Rouge to Venice
Baton Rouge to Venice
49 RBD Plaquemines Parish Water Treatment Intake Plaquemines Parish residents draw their drinking water directly from the Mississippi River, as do all residents 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 all
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49.2 LBD Bass Enterprises Production Co., Pointe A La Hache Wharf 49.2 RBD ECOTT, West Pointe A La Hache Wharf
Baton Rouge to Venice
52 - 49.8 RBD Point Celeste Anchorage
Baton Rouge to Venice
51.5 RBD Point Celeste Shallow inlet with possible passage for paddlers, muddy landings though.
Baton Rouge to Venice
51.6 LBD - Plaquemines Parish Lock-up A boondoggle to the tune of $100,000,000 of FEMA money. Former Sheriff Jiffy Hinge had this state-of-the-art lock-up built with a capacity of 900 inmates, one of the largest parish lock-ups in the state. Plaquemines parish is one of the least
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51.8 LBD Chevron Pipeline Co., Pointe A La Hache Wharf
Baton Rouge to Venice
52.1 RBD Belle Chasse Marine Transportation, Davant Landing
Baton Rouge to Venice
52.2 RBD Port Ship Service, Davant Landing
Baton Rouge to Venice
53.9 RBD Crescent Ship Service, Davant Landing 53.9 - 52.8 LBD Davant Anchorage
Baton Rouge to Venice
55.4 - 55.2 LBD TECO Davant United Bulk Terminal Another landmark: the very last monstrous coal transfer conglomerate on the Lower Mississippi River! Also can handle other bulk transfer, such as grains. From their website, United Bulk Terminals Davant claims to be one of the largest dry-bulk terminals
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55 RBD Junior Crevasse The steamship Inspector was passing Junior Plantation on April 23, 1927, bound for the mouth of the Mississippi. As the ship fought the currents of the greatest flood ever experienced on the river, the pilot suddenly lost control of his ship. The prow of the Inspector
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55.8 LBD L & L Oil Dock