Lakefront Naval Air Base, circa July 1941
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Spreading asphalt for one of the two runways on the base. WPA labor built the runways and drainage structures while the Navy contracted the work of laying asphalt. An unfinished airplane hangar and UNO's iconic smoke stack are seen in the background.
Courtesy of Louisiana Division/City Archives, New Orleans Public Library
This file appears in: Naval Air Station & University of New Orleans
Naval Air Station & University of New Orleans
In the fall of 1940, the Navy began improving its primary flight training facilities by building up its system of Naval Reserve air bases, including New Orleans. The lakefront base housed a steel…