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File:Photocopy of c. 1906 photograph of dredging machine that maintained the drainage ditches at Laurel Valley. - Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche HAER LA,29-THIB,1-16.tif

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Photocopy of c. 1906 photograph of dredging machine that maintained the drainage ditches at Laurel Valley. - Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA
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Photocopy of c. 1906 photograph of dredging machine that maintained the drainage ditches at Laurel Valley. - Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA
Description
Barker, Frank; Boudreaux, Etienne; De Bore, Etienne; Knobloch, Clay; Lepine, J Wilson; Lepine, Wilson; Tucker, Joseph; Tucker, George Washington; Tucker, Joseph Pennington; Tucker, Caleb; Tucker, William P; Wormald, Burch A; Lowe, Jet; Leslie, Paul
Depicted place Louisiana; Lafourche Parish; Thibodaux
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER LA,29-THIB,1-16
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Largest nineteenth century sugar plantation still intact in the United States. // Fronting Bayou LaFourche about two miles south of Thibodaux on Louisiana Highway 308 is Laurel Valley Plantation, the largest intact sugar plantation in operation. It consists of approximately 3002 acres and over 75 buildings.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12
  • Survey number: HAER LA-1
  • Building/structure dates: 1831 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/la0001.photos.072511p
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