The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans: History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop CommerceDabney, Thomas Ewing
History
The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans: History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce
Dabney, Thomas Ewing
Canals -- Louisiana; New Orleans (La.) -- Harbor
Plant and equipment for building the Canal, including locomotives,
cranes, piledrivers, dredges, tools, etc., cost $781,232. Depreciation,
up to February, 1921, is set at $266,874, leaving a balance of
$514,358, carried as assets. Much of this has already been sold, and
more will be disposed of.
Following are the firms that executed contracts on the Industrial
Canal:
OUTSIDE NEW ORLEANS.
Lock gates and emergency dam girders: McClintic-Marshall Construction
Company, Pittsburg, Pa.; designed by Goldmark & Harris Company, New
York.
Filling gates: Coffin Valve Company, Indian Orchard, Mass.
Miscellaneous valve equipment: Ludlow Valve Company, Troy, N.Y.
Capstans: American Engineering Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mooring posts: Shipbuilding Products Company, New York, N.Y.
Miter gate moving machines: Fawcus Machine Works, Pittsburg, Pa.
Motors, control boards and miscellaneous electrical equipment: General
Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y.
Bridge crane and bascule bridges: Bethlehem Steel Corporation,
Steelton, Pa. Former designed by Goldmark & Harris Company, New York,
N.Y.; latter, by Strauss Bascule Bridge Company, Chicago, Ill.
Steel sheet piling: Lackawanna Steel Company, Buffalo, New York.
Hoists and cranes: Orton & Steinbrenner, Huntington, Ind.; American
Hoist and Derrick Company, St. Paul, Minn.
Conveyor equipment: Webster Company, Tiffany, Ohio; Barker-Greene
Company, Aurora, Ill.
Woodworking machinery: Fay & Egan Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Pipe: U.S. Cast Iron Pipe Company, Birmingham, Ala.
Lumber and piling: Hammond Lumber Company, Hammond, La.; Great Southern
Lumber Company, Bogalusa, La.
Dredges: Bowers Southern Dredging Company, Galveston, Tex.; Atlantic,
Gulf and Pacific Company, Mobile, Ala.
IN NEW ORLEANS.
Cinder and earth fill: Thomas M. Johnson.
Levee work: Hercules Construction Company; Hampton Reynolds.
Sand and gravel: Jahncke Service, Inc.; D. V. Johnston Company.
Cement: Atlas Portland Cement Company, the Michel Lumber and Brick
Company being local agents.
Lumber and piling: Salmen Brick and Lumber Company; W. W. Carre
Company, Ltd.
Coal: Kirkpatrick Coal Company; Tennessee Coal, Iron and R.R. Company.
Reinforcing steel and supplies: Tennessee Coal, Iron and R.R. Company;
Ole K. Olsen.
Rail and track accessories: A. Marx & Sons.
Concrete mixers: Fairbanks Company.
Repairs and castings: Dibert, Bancroft & Ross; Joubert & Goslin
Machinery and Foundry Company; Stern Foundry and Machinery Company.
OTHER PORT FACILITIES.
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