South Pass jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River
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The South Pass jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River are a 19th-century engineering project that deepened and stabilized a major shipping channel, greatly improving access from the Gulf of Mexico to the port of New Orleans.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engineering project
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jetty system ⓘ navigation improvement work ⓘ |
| channelType | shipping channel ⓘ |
| connectedToPort | Port of New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1879 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
stone
ⓘ
timber cribbing ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | parallel jetties extending into the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1875 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designer | James B. Eads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicImpact | facilitated increased maritime trade through New Orleans ⓘ |
| effect |
deepened the South Pass channel
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improved year-round navigation for deep-draft vessels ⓘ increased scouring of the riverbed ⓘ stabilized the channel alignment ⓘ |
| engineer | James B. Eads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | recognized as an important historic civil engineering work ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| improvedChannelCondition | deeper and more stable channel ⓘ |
| influencedBy | river training works technology of the 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gulf of Mexico
NERFINISHED
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Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ South Pass of the Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ mouth of the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| managedBy | United States Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navigationFunction | maintaining a fixed deep-draft entrance channel ⓘ |
| originalChannelCondition | shallow and shifting bar at the river mouth ⓘ |
| partOf | Mississippi River navigation system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
deepening the navigation channel
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improving access from the Gulf of Mexico to the port of New Orleans ⓘ stabilizing the navigation channel ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Mississippi River Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | South Pass Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
contributed to growth of New Orleans as a major port
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key development in Mississippi River navigation engineering ⓘ major improvement to access between the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans ⓘ |
| state | Louisiana ⓘ |
| waterwayServed | Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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