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What was the last place in Louisiana to obtain electricity and running water?
Posted on 9/15/17 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 9/15/17 at 1:38 pm
Always heard a story there was a small town down by Ferriday that did not obtain electricity or running water until the early 1980's. Is this true?
Thanks.
Thanks.
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Posted on 9/15/17 at 1:39 pm to Fishwater
I'm not convinced Tallulah has either yet.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 1:39 pm to Fishwater
Pound Town
Posted on 9/15/17 at 1:40 pm to Fishwater
That house on that road by that school next to the supermarket in the town right by that other town in that parish by all those other parishes
Posted on 9/15/17 at 1:41 pm to Fishwater
I think there was a small town down in Plaquemines Parish called Ironton, that got running water back in the 80's.
Per Wiki
Per Wiki
quote:
It is on the west bank of the Mississippi River, between Louisiana Highway 23 and the River. The community has historically had a majority-black population. During the long reign of segregationist Plaquemines Parish boss Leander Perez (and continuing under his immediate successors), Ironton was denied infrastructure development granted to White communities in the area. Running water was not provided by the Parish until 1980, and that only after stories of the residents' demand for this common amenity had been publicized by Time Magazine and CBS 60 Minutes.[2] Like most of the area, Ironton was devastated in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina and its resulting storm surge.
This post was edited on 9/15/17 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 9/15/17 at 1:57 pm to Fishwater
Probably somewhere in NE La.
My great grandmother didn't have running water in the 70's in SW Arkansas. She had a well and a honey bucket
My great grandmother didn't have running water in the 70's in SW Arkansas. She had a well and a honey bucket
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:04 pm to Fishwater
There is a town up in Kisatchie Nation Forest - Kisatchie Ranger District that finally got telephone service in the 2000s.
Edit to add: Town is called Mink.
Edit to add: Town is called Mink.
This post was edited on 9/15/17 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:07 pm to Fishwater
Lockett Hall
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:09 pm to Fishwater
Kirby Smith.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:10 pm to Fishwater
Ruddock still doesn't have running water.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:27 pm to Fishwater
quote:
What will be the last place in Louisiana to obtain electricity and running water?
FIFY
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:37 pm to Hangover Haven
quote:
I think there was a small town down in Plaquemines Parish called Ironton, that got running water back in the 80's.
I remember seeing the Ironton story on 60 Minutes and thinking "Man, that's fricked up. Even for Plaquemines Parish." They showed an old guy filling a bucket with river water off of the batture. Half the country is dumping God knows what in the Mississippi River and at the end of the line, some poor bastard in Ironton was having to drink that shite. I don't care if there were only about two dozen people living there. That's fricked up. (On the other hand, maybe they should have gotten off their lazy asses and drilled a well.)
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:42 pm to Fishwater
What is this "running water" shite? Dont you urbanite baws even unincorporate? Literally hundreds of thousands of people just in LA are on well water. That is technically "running water" if its pressurized by a pump. The only thing not technically "running water" are water systems provided by hand pumping, usually into a bucket, or trotting your arse down to the nearest body of water and dipping a bucket into it.
Are you asking, "what was the last place in LA to obtain pressurized residential water?" That question is impossible to answer because not only is it localized to each individual property but there are also many, MANY properties that still dont have pressurized water supplies. Like hunting cabins, RV spots in the woods, etc.
Possibly, the only appropriate way to ask this question is, "which incorporated town or "census-designated place" was the last in which every residence in within its boundaries had access to centralized running water?"
Electricity is a legit question to ask but again, define "place" first. An incorporated place? A CDP or other locally known "place"? Entire Parish including every house in the unincoprated areas of said Parish?
Are you asking, "what was the last place in LA to obtain pressurized residential water?" That question is impossible to answer because not only is it localized to each individual property but there are also many, MANY properties that still dont have pressurized water supplies. Like hunting cabins, RV spots in the woods, etc.
Possibly, the only appropriate way to ask this question is, "which incorporated town or "census-designated place" was the last in which every residence in within its boundaries had access to centralized running water?"
Electricity is a legit question to ask but again, define "place" first. An incorporated place? A CDP or other locally known "place"? Entire Parish including every house in the unincoprated areas of said Parish?
This post was edited on 9/15/17 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:44 pm to Fishwater
Depends what you mean by "running water". Many of the rural parishes have an antiquated system of regional water districts. Some are in great shape, others are almost bankrupt and don't have enough money to make repairs or extend lines. If you are in one of these areas the best bet for clean, potable water is individual water wells.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:44 pm to Fishwater
In the 90s people in Morse, La. still couldn't flush toilet paper.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:46 pm to Fishwater
"City water" arrived in our corner of Livingston Parish sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Before 1992 but not by much. We were on well water up until then--as were all our neighbors.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 2:55 pm to NOLALGD
quote:
what you mean by "running water". Many of the rural parishes have an antiquated system of regional water districts. Some are in great shape, others are almost bankrupt and don't have enough money to make repairs or extend lines. If you are in one of these areas the best bet for clean, potable water is individual water wells.
Much of Ascension Parish doesn't have municipal water.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 3:11 pm to Fishwater
One of the huge problems was for years many parishes didn't require new subdivisions (not including single houses on really large lots) over a certain size to tie into municipal water, and definitely not sewer. This has mostly changed since Katrina. In many states new subdivisions require at least municipal water connections which forces developers, not current customers to pay for improvements/system expansion.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 4:02 pm to NOLALGD
South stadium.
Posted on 9/15/17 at 4:03 pm to Sasquatch Smash
quote:
There is a town up in Kisatchie Nation Forest - Kisatchie Ranger District that finally got telephone service in the 2000s.
This made national news.
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