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  2. Drainage in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    As of 2017, the New Orleans pumping system - operated by the Sewerage and Water Board - can pump water out of the city at a rate of more than 45,000 cubic feet (1,300 m 3) per second. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The capacity is also frequently described as 1 inch (2.5 cm) in the first hour of rainfall followed by 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) per hour afterward. [ 2 ]

  3. The Ford Meter Box Company - Wikipedia

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    Meter box cover manufactured by Ford Meter Box for New Orleans. Ford Meter Box was founded by Edwin Ford in Hartford City, Indiana in 1898. [1] He invented the meter box as a place to install water meters outside of homes that did not have basements. Ford's early experimentation found that meters could be installed in pits to protect them from ...

  4. May 1995 Louisiana flood - Wikipedia

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    New Orleans (Lakefront Airport), LA: 15.44" (392 mm) Slidell, LA: 19.09" (485 mm) For both waves of rainfall, several locations neared or exceeded 24‑hour rainfall amounts estimated as having a 1% chance of being exceeded in a given year, (100 year average recurrence interval ) as determined by both the NOAA Atlas 14 and reports by the ...

  5. Carondelet Canal - Wikipedia

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    The Carondelet Canal, also known as the Old Basin Canal, was a canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., operating from 1794 into the 1920s – nearly 135 years.. Carondelet Canal turning basin in the early 20th century This drainage canal, in use in the early 21st century, in back of a Broad Street pumping station near St. Louis Street, ran parallel to the old Carondelet Canal, which was ...

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  8. Wood Screw Pump - Wikipedia

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    The Wood Screw Pump is a low-lift axial-flow drainage pump designed by A. Baldwin Wood in 1913 to cope with the drainage problems of New Orleans. Wood's extremely efficient pumps replaced less efficient pumps in the city's drainage system, prior to which the city had experienced chronic flooding problems, bringing diseases such as malaria and ...

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