Mississippi River diverted in 1927 (1927)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit The Poydras Levee on the Mississippi River is destroyed in order to keep flood waters out of New Orleans in 1927 Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Destroying to Save USA: Louisiana: New Orleans: Mississippi River: EXT FLOODS: Levee blown up to divert at New Orleans weather, flooding, floods, levees Background: The Poydras Levee on the Mississippi River is destroyed in order to keep flood waters out of New Orleans in 1927 FILM ID: VLVAEPS06MNPOQG3V0M0404GDUDK7 To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé