Metairie (Images of America)

Pumping Station No. 6

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Pumping Station Number 6 is located on the 17th Street Canal at Orpheum and Hyacinth Streets in Old Metairie.  Here the pumps lift and carry water from street run-off in Metairie and New Orleans toward the lake. Built in 1899, it holds a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the oldest New Orleans area pumping station still operating. These diagrams are from a 1992 Historic American Buildings Survey. (Courtesy the Library of Congress.)

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