Turning basin, Old Basin Canal, circa 1906
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Charcoal boat in the turning basin of the Old Basin Canal.
Library of Congress
This file appears in: Carondelet Canal or Old Basin Canal
Carondelet Canal or Old Basin Canal
The site of New Orleans first appealed to the city's founder, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, in 1699. Native Americans had informed him about Bayou St. John, a shortcut from Lake Pontchartrain to the higher land on the banks of a…