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Canal Street, flooded during the New Orleans flood of 1871. Horsecar tram depot seen at left, location now of the RTA streetcar depot, Mid-City. Note what appear to be floating railway ties, possibly raised up from the street tramline by the flood.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Alfred_Waud" class="extiw" title="w:en:Alfred Waud"><span title="American artist and illustrator (1828-1891)">Alfred Waud</span></a>
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Published July 1871
Drawing by Alfred R. Waud, published in Every Saturday, July 8, 1871. Via <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www-sal.cs.uiuc.edu/~friedman/canal/Pic048.htm">[1]</a>