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[New Orleans & Northeastern Railway]
Photos Showing Flood Damage and Repair Work along the Louisiana and Alabama Line, 1890s
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This interesting collection of late 19th-century photographs documents repair work done on the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad, presumably after the line was damaged by a flood. The uniform group...
This interesting collection of late 19th-century photographs documents repair work done on the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad, presumably after the line was damaged by a flood. The uniform group of Kodak no. 2 photographs depict sunken train tracks, stations, and adjacent homes and plant life. There are a number of interesting images showing an African American crew working hard to rectify the damage.
While the photographs lack annotations, the train line was determined because of an image showing a piece of track bearing the letters, “N.O. &...” While the latter name is cut off, there were no other lines that had the first two initials of “N.O.” at that time.
The New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad was incorporated in Louisiana in 1868 and in Mississippi in 1871, though it was called the Mandeville and Sulphur Springs Railroad until 1870 and the company’s land laid unused until 1881, when it was acquired by the Alabama, New Orleans, Texas and Pacific Junction Railways Company. Construction on the line began in 1882 and was completed a year later. The line extended 196 miles from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Meridian, Mississippi, traveling over Pearl River and Lake Pontchartrain and through towns such as Slidell and Little Woods, LA.
While the photographs lack annotations, the train line was determined because of an image showing a piece of track bearing the letters, “N.O. &...” While the latter name is cut off, there were no other lines that had the first two initials of “N.O.” at that time.
The New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad was incorporated in Louisiana in 1868 and in Mississippi in 1871, though it was called the Mandeville and Sulphur Springs Railroad until 1870 and the company’s land laid unused until 1881, when it was acquired by the Alabama, New Orleans, Texas and Pacific Junction Railways Company. Construction on the line began in 1882 and was completed a year later. The line extended 196 miles from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Meridian, Mississippi, traveling over Pearl River and Lake Pontchartrain and through towns such as Slidell and Little Woods, LA.