A More Convenient Airport
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With the Wedell-Williams Airport in Jefferson Parish, people from the surrounding area did not need to drive all the way to St. Bernard Parish to use Menefee or Alvin Callendar.
Image courtesy of the E.F. Newman Collection, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans
This file appears in: Construction of the Jefferson Airport
Construction of the Jefferson Airport
As the Wedell-Williams Air Service expanded their air service, a new airport was under construction near Harahan in Jefferson Parish. Costing $63,000, the airport featured a 100 foot x 120 foot steel arch weld hangar with a concrete floor, complete…