Great Crevasse of the Mississippi

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Title: Great Crevasse of the Mississippi
Creator(s): Harper's Weekly
Date: 1858-06-05
Content Type: picture
Subject(s): River engineering
Floods
Levees
Geographic Area: New Orleans (La.)
Mississippi River
Time Period: 1850-1859
Description: The great crevasse of the Mississippi on the plantation of Mr. Bell, near New Orleans, April 11, 1858.--See page 7.
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Classification: p3-2-000041
Owner: Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library