London Avenue Canal

The London Avenue Canal is a canal in New Orleans, Louisiana.

A pair of levee breeches along the Canal during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 flooded a good portion of the city. The upper breech was just in from Robert E. Lee Boulevard; the lower breech was a block out from Mirabeau Avenue.

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  View of the Canal from the Mirabeau Bridge looking River wards; skyscrapers of New Orleans Central Business District visible in distance.
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  London Avenue Canal; view from Robert E. Lee Bridge looking riverwards, 19 October 2005. Intact concrete flood wall atop levee visible at right. At left, the incompletely repaired upper breech visible.
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  Intact exterior levee topped by floodwall.
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  Section of intact interior wall, near Mirabeau Avenue

The Upper breech

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  Army Corps Engineer examines the breech from new rock fill during early stages of filling the breech in September, 2005.
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  London Avenue Canal Upper Breech, incompletely repaired, 19 October 2005.
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  The breech stretches between two pieces of intact concrete floodwall at either end. View from atop the temporary breech fill levee, 5 November.
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  View from atop temporary breech fill, 5 November 2005, with portion of broken concrete floodwall visible at center.
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  Broken pieces of floodwall in breech fill

Flood damage near the Canal's upper breech

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  Houses on Pratt, with their back yards abutting the breech of the London Avenue Canal. Note silt deposited by breech.
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  House carport on Pratt near the breech
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  Houses on Pratt with silt and still flowing water, 5 November; breech fill visible in background
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  View of houses whose backyards abutted the canal from atop the temporary breech fill
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  House on Pratt near the breech with flood damage and silt deposits
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  Downtown river corner of Charlotte & Robert E. Lee, slightly over a block from the breech. Formerly flooded house with ruined possesessions piled out front flys USA flag. High water level still clearly visible on the stop sign.
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  Garage with graffiti "Make Levees, Not War" on flooded house some 1 & 1/2 blocks from London Avenue Canal breech. Note high water lines.
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  Flooded home just off Canal levee a ways from the breech. Note high water line just below roof, and darker line of long standing water midway up side of house.

Lower Breech

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  Corner of Wilton & Warrington, near the lower breech. Homes devastated by flood waters, and water still seeping from breech in street in early November, despite efforts of the Army Corps of Engineers.
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  A row of sandbags fails to stop water seeping from the levee breech fill
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  Tipped buildings and levee repair materials near the breech
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  Section of lower breech in London Avenue Canal near Mirabeau Avenue, as incompletely patched by Army Corps of Engineers, 9 November 2005.
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  London Avenue Canal looking towards Mirabeau Avenue Bridge from the lake side. Lower breech to the left; intact flood wall to right.
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  View from Mirabeau Bridge looking lakewards, showing breech with temporary fill.

Canal and roadways

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  Gentilly Road Bridge over the London Avenue Canal