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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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