River Log section: Baton Rouge to Venice
Baton Rouge to Venice
88.6 LBD - 88.6 RBD Lower Algiers Ferry Paddlers should watch for ferry crossing here, and also busy traffic in and out of lock, which is less than a half mile downstream. tows will be pushing small loads, from single barges, up to 2 wide and 3 long,
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89.1 LBD - Rain CII Chalmette Calciner Commissioned in 1968 by Kaiser Aluminum; the plant was built to calcine (heat in rotary kilns) petroleum coke in order to produce carbon that is made into aluminum smelter anodes (electrodes). It has one rotary kiln with 230,000 ton/yr capacity.
Baton Rouge to Venice
89.6 LBD - Former Kaiser Aluminum Site In 1951 Kaser Aluminum built an aluminum smelting plant in Chalmette, La. taking advantage of inexpensive natural gas, government incentives and a high demand for aluminum from the U.S. government stockpile. Alumina (aluminum oxide), made from bauxite at the Kaiser plant
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89.2 - 88.3 LBD Chalmette Refining The Chalmette oil refinery was originally built in 1915 on the site of a former plantation. In 2015 it was sold to PBF Energy Inc. and was previously a 50/50 venture between ExxonMobil and state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela. The refinery has
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90 RBD Belle Chasse Launch Algiers West Bank Versailles During the Vietnam Conflict many Vietnamese refugees were resettled to South Louisiana, the thought being that refugees from the Mekong Delta would feel most comfortable in the Mississippi Delta and have opportunities as fishermen and in the seafood industry. A large
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90.1 RBD Port Ship Service Launch Algiers West Bank
Baton Rouge to Venice
90.2 LBD - Chalmette Battlefield & Chalmette National Cemetery Site of the Battle of New Orleans, a series of engagements fought between December 24, 1814, and January 8, 1815, together constituting the final major and most one-sided battle of the War of 1812. Now part of the National Park
Baton Rouge to Venice
90.5 LBD Chalmette Primitive Landing There is a small harbor created by old concrete abuttments on the East Bank at 90.5, directly below the Chalmette National Battlefield. This would make a good landing to visit the battlefield. It also might make a possible campsite, but there it is
Baton Rouge to Venice
90.6 LBD Arabi Terminal aka Chalmette Slip No. 1 and No. 2 This small harbor between Domino Sugar and Chalmette Battlefield is part of the Port of St. Bernard.
Baton Rouge to Venice
90.9 LBD Domino Sugar Factory (American Sugar Refinery) One of the oldest sugar refineries in the country, the Domino Sugar refinery began operating on May 17, 1909. Today the refinery is said to be the largest in the Western Hemisphere and produces 2 billion pounds of sugar annually, or
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91 LBD Port Ship Service Launch Arabi 91 RBD Star Fleet
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91.4 RBD Elmwood Marine Services, Inc., Algiers Repair and Fleeting Wharf