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2. Higgins Industries - Wikipedia

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   A Higgins Industries torpedo boat plant in New Orleans, 1942. Higgins Industries was the company owned by Andrew Higgins based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.. Higgins Industries is most famous for the design and production of the Higgins boat, an amphibious landing craft referred to as LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel), which was used extensively in the Allied forces' D-Day ...

3. Mud sledge - Wikipedia

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   Fishing the Dollart mud flats in 1951 In a German museum A German mud sledge. A mud sledge is a sled used to cross mud flats such as estuaries and bays. Mud flats are difficult to cross because even shallow draft boats will get stuck while pedestrians and wheeled vehicles bog down easily too. A mud sledge is a traditional device used by ...

4. Natchez (boat) - Wikipedia

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   She was also equipped with six boilers, but this one could hold 4,400 cotton bales. This one was used by Leathers until 1859. In 1860 she was destroyed while serving as a wharfboat at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [9] [11] The sixth Natchez was again a Cincinnati-built boat. She was 273 feet (83 m) long.

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6. Mud Lake (Louisiana) - Wikipedia

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   Mud Lake (French: Lac Boue) within the U.S. state of Louisiana may refer to: Mud Lake, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana 30°04′07″N 93°19′31″W  /  30.06861°N 93.32528°W  / 30.06861; -93

7. Bayou Manchac - Wikipedia

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   The British traded with boats traveling down the Mississippi and encouraged trading at Manchac rather than with the Spanish farther down at New Orleans. The fort at Bayou Manchac was a strategic position for the British and was positioned to compete with Spain for the fur trade, valued at that time at 100,000 pounds sterling annually.