Bayou Plaquemine Lock
| Bayou Plaquemine Lock | |||
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 Bayou Plaquemine Lock with Pump House (2011) |
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| location | Plaquemine , Iberville Parish , Louisiana | ||
| Coordinates | 30 ° 17 '37 " N , 91 ° 13' 56" W | ||
| Built | 1895-1909 | ||
| architect | George Washington Goethals | ||
| NRHP number | 72000554 | ||
| The NRHP added | May 19, 1972 | ||
The Bayou Plaquemine Lock is a disused lock and monument in Plaquemine in Iberville Parish , Louisiana . It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1972 and is open to the public as the Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site . The earlier function of the lock was to create a navigable connection between the Mississippi River and its former estuary , the Bayou Plaquemine .
history
Until 1867, the Bayou Plaquemine was an arm of the Mississippi River that was navigable for larger ships. Then it was cut off against the backdrop of large-scale levee construction on the Mississippi in Iberville Parish. The Bayou Plaquemine Lock was built from 1895 to 1909 to restore a navigable connection between the Mississippi River and Bayou Plaquemine as a lock system. In September 1961, this traffic route was finally closed because it was no longer needed due to the expansion of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway .
On May 19, 1972, the Bayou Plaquemine Lock was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a site .
Building description
The lock system was built by George Washington Goethals , who later became the site manager for the Panama Canal , on an area of almost 5.7 hectares . At the time of its completion, the Bayou Plaquemine Lock had the highest drop of all freshwater locks in the world . On the southern side of the lock is the pump house , which has been preserved to this day.
Web links
- Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site on website Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (English)
Remarks
- ^ Gary J. Hebert: Bayou Plaquemine Lock: Nomination Form . In: National Register of Historic Places database . National Park Service , April 21, 1972, accessed November 5, 2017 (636 KB), p. 2.
- ↑ Bayou Plaquemine Lock in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 5, 2017.
- ^ Gary J. Hebert: Bayou Plaquemine Lock: Nomination Form . In: National Register of Historic Places database . National Park Service , April 21, 1972, accessed November 5, 2017 (636 KB), pp. 2, 3.