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Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Drainage Plant, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA
Summary
Significance: Drainage, as effected through a system of ditches leading back to a pumping plant in the rear of a plantation, was an essential facet of operations on low-lying Louisiana sugar plantations. The systems used at Laurel Valley typify systems found in use throughout Louisiana.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12
Survey number: HAER LA-1-C
Building/structure dates: 1921 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1926
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Boudreaux, Etienne
Lepine, J Wilson
Tucker, Joseph W
Lowe, Jet
Rumm, John C
Location
lafourche parish, 29.79756, -90.82446
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
