Episode 2 of 3

Flood Control Efforts

When
June 20, 1849
Where
New Orleans
Part of
Sauvé's Crevasse floods New Orleans, May 1849

Workers Dunbar and Surgi stanch the flood after seventeen days of effort, concluding on June 20, 1849.

Dunbar and Surgi undertook the task of stanching the flood with carte blanche as to methods and materials. Their efforts succeeded after seventeen days, ending on June 20, 1849.

Sources

  1. Sauvé's Crevasse Wikipedia, revision of 2026-02-26

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