Canal Street Ferry, Louise, 1878
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Ferries have been in regular service in New Orleans since 1827, when Auguste Coycault and Bazile Gosselin were granted the first leases to operate ferry service.
The Louise steam ferry operated between 1867 and 1879.
Image, Captain Fred Way, Jr., Leonard V. Huber, Collection
This file appears in: Early Ferry Service across the Mississippi River
Early Ferry Service across the Mississippi River
Since the founding of New Orleans in 1718, the Mississippi River proved crucial in the city's development as a colonial French and Spanish port. Crossing the river was essential from the outset. The…