The Past, Present, and Future of Drainage in New Orleans

 October 22, 1999
Tulane University New Orleans Centre Campus

 The Second Randall L. Gibson

Tulane University-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Conference on the Mississippi River

Organizers:

Edwin A. Lyon (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Tulane University)

Joan M. Exnicios (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Terrence Fitzmorris (University College, Tulane University)

Colin M. MacLachlan (Department of History, Tulane University)

Speakers Included

• John McLachlan (Director, Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane and Xavier Universities)

• G. J. Sullivan (General Superintendent, Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans) on the modern drainage system

• Benjamin Maygarten (Earth Search, Inc.) on drainage in New Orleans before 1896

• Edwin Lyon (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Tulane University) on preserving the history of the drainage system

• Cindy Manto (University of New Orleans) on tourism and the drainage system

• Elizabeth Cottone (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) on the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project

• Colin M. MacLachlan (Tulane University).  Summation