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Industrial Canal:
Industrial Canal, Florida Ave.
to Claiborne Ave.
There are two breaches in the Industrial Canal shown in the DigitalGlobe
Quickbird images; however, both of these seem to show water flowing into
the canal from the Chalmette / St Bernard area. These breaches are on the
East bank of the canal to the North of the locks separating the canal from
the Mississippi River, between the Florida Avenue and Claiborne Avenue
bridges.
Industrial Canal, Southern
Breach
Industrial Canal, Southern Breach
These pictures are of the Southern Breach in the East flood wall and levee
of the Industrial Canal, just North of the Claiborne Avenue bridge. Water
is clearly flowing into the canal from the Chalmette / St Bernard area.
I've circled a barge in these pictures
that has swept through the breach. It's been suggested that this barge may
have initially impacted the floodwall and caused the breach. However, it
seems pretty likely that the initial problem was a storm surge that
carried water over the flood walls. I guess the barge may have been
carried into the wall by that water flow and then damaged the wall, making
an already bad situation worse.
Industrial Canal Repairs
Repairs in progress on the Southern breach of the Industrial Canal. There
is still some outflow from the flooded area in the right hand picture, but
this is clearly much less than has been seen in earlier pictures.
Industrial Canal, Northern Breach
Water flows from the Chalmette / St Bernard area of East New Orleans into
the Industrial Canal at the levee breach adjacent to the Florida Ave.
bridge.
Industrial Canal, Northern Breach
This is another picture of the Northern breach in the East levee and flood
wall of the Industrial Canal, looking down to the South-East. Again, by
the time the photograph was taken water levels in the canal had dropped
and water is flowing out of the Chalmette / St Bernard area. Thanks to
Thomas Jefferson for emailing the pic.
Looking at these photos, the Southern end
of this breach appears to show that the end of the flood wall has been
pushed away from the canal. Also I think some scouring of the top of
the levee has occurred from water flow through the breach, reducing the
levee height around the breach.
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