A view from the levee shows completed piers and the upper part of the Bonnet Carré Spillway weir section, which was taken on March 19, 1930. (Photo courtesy...

A photo taken on March 19, 1930, near the center line of the spillway weir section shows the Stephens Brothers and Miller Hutchinson Construction Company at...

A view from the levee shows the Sellers neighborhood affected by spillway construction. The upper end of the weir section is seen in the extreme left over the...

In 1912, the Mississippi River burst through the levee at what Lena B. Lacroix remembers as the Hymelia Crevasse. The floodwaters from the river went to the...

Area men work trying to stop the crevasse with cribbing, which would later wash away. 1912, Hahnville Killona area. (Photo courtesy of the George Lorio family)...

A sugar cane field is covered with water following the Hymelia Crevasse break. 1912, Hahnville Killona area. (Photo courtesy of the George Lorio family) Album:...

An old sugarhouse and residential quarters are surrounded by water from the Hymelia Crevasse. 1912, Hahnville Killona area. (Photo courtesy of the George Lorio...

An oil rig stands tall in the waters of Bayou Gauche. (Source: St. Charles Parish Resources and Facilities publication, 1947) Album: Crevasses Tags:...

The spillway became a tourist attraction. Album: Crevasses Tags: #mississippi river levees #crevasses #flood control #great depression #flooding

The levee is being repaired at New Sarpy in late 1927. 1927, East Bank / Good Hope / New Sarpy area. (Photo courtesy of Joan Weaver Becnel) Album: Crevasses...