Lake Pontchartrain (Images of America)

1939 - Spanish Fort Demolition

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1939 view of Spanish Fort amusement park before it was demolished. (Courtesy New Orleans Public Library).  By the 1940’s the seawall stretched from West End to the Lakefront Airport. The old Spanish Fort military fortification is now offshore by approximately one half mile. (Courtesy New Orleans Public Library.)

 

    

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Excerpts from New Orleans City Park (Images of America)

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