London Avenue Canal

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The London Avenue Canal is a drainage canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, used for pumping rain water in the Mid-City and Lakeview areas of town into Lake Pontchartrain.

London Avenue Canal; view from Robert E. Lee Bridge looking riverwards, 19 October, 2005. Intact concrete flood wall atop levee visible at right. At left, incompletely repaired breech visible.

The London Avenue Canal Levee floodwall was breached behind the homes around the 6100 block of Pratt Drive (about 1/2 block riverward from Robert E. Lee Avenue) after Hurricane Katrina. This breach contributed to the flooding of New Orleans.

See also

• Industrial Canal
• 17th Street Canal
• Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans

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