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re: LSU should have chose the bluffs in NBR
Posted on 6/5/19 at 2:28 pm to doubleb
Posted on 6/5/19 at 2:28 pm to doubleb
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1886 LSU moved to BR and was located South of the capital grounds
1909 ESSO refinery opened where it is now
Both locations were on natural high ground
1926 LSU moved to its present location partially on a natural levee and partially in the Miss. River flood plain
1932 the Capital moved to its present location on high ground
I understand the timeline. Point still stands.
I guess you're maybe saying that the ESSO site was the highest natural ground on the riverfront to where it was feasible to build it. Locating that where it was, was such a double edged sword for BR, though.
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Posted on 6/5/19 at 2:38 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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I understand the timeline. Point still stands.
I guess you're maybe saying that the ESSO site was the highest natural ground on the riverfront to where it was feasible to build it. Locating that where it was, was such a double edged sword for BR, though
Exxon beat LSU and the state to the best property was my point and it’s location became problematic in some ways but it’s location did provide high and dry neighborhoods close by for the 100s of blue collar workers who worked for ESSO.
BTW Southern University moved to its present location in 1914 so they beat LSU to the spot also.
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