Pylons in the water 1-10w on spillway

I believe it was a sill structure when that area was still all above the water line in the 70s.

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I’ve always wondered what those pylons were for in the water on the right off I-10 going west. Water is really low and you can see the full structure. Anyone know?

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its to catch the trees and other debris that washes through the spillway when they open the locks. the idea was to prevent navigation hazards being created and such.

it worked well for what it was but now the mud filled in so things just get washed over the tops of them but every so often you see a big tree hung up on it after they close the locks.

the ones to the left used to be a rock wall enclosed by wooden wall like structure to help prevent erosion by the railroad tracks there

If it is over lake Henderson.
I saw a book with pictures in it showing the area.

There use to be a town there before the great Mississippi River flood.
The pilings supported a rail road from Henderson/ Breaux Bridge area to there.
Homes were built on pilings.
When it was dry people used the land as I saw pictures. People raised livestock & chickens on it and had small gardens.
When it flooded peoples homes were on pilings along with 1 or 2 cows, a few pigs, and a few chickens on the piers.
Railroad was on pilings.

Then they moved people after the great Mississippi River Flood to where present day Henderson is.
Then the Army corps built a levee.
My wife had some relatives to live there.

One of my wives relatives before he passed away had a book with pictures of the area before, during, and after the great Mississippi River flood.

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If it is over lake Henderson.
I saw a book with pictures in it showing the area.

There use to be a town there before the great Mississippi River flood.
The pilings supported a rail road from Henderson/ Breaux Bridge area to there.
Homes were built on pilings.
When it was dry people used the land as I saw pictures. People raised livestock & chickens on it and had small gardens.
When it flooded peoples homes were on pilings along with 1 or 2 cows, a few pigs, and a few chickens on the piers.
Railroad was on pilings.

Then they moved people after the great Mississippi River Flood to where present day Henderson is.
Then the Army corps built a levee.
My wife had some relatives to live there.

One of my wives relatives before he passed away had a book with pictures of the area before, during, and after the great Mississippi River flood.

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The community of Pelba RIP. Still lots of pilings from the long gone railroad

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Still lots of pilings from the long gone railroad

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My skeg is stuck in one!

Years ago I just bought a new 1994 Duracraft with 75 hp mariner and mariner trollmotor from Clays Boats and Motors in New Iberia. I like the model Duracraft he sold. You turn it in a circle and your elbows touch the water. The boat would not flip.

Stopped by a barber in New Iberia. I said give me a light trim. The barber gave me a New Iberia Haircut, as he said it was all the rage.

My father and I ran the boat in Henderson when the water was high in what I believe was called the Texaco canal.

Saw fish busting where the pilings were as the water was extremely high.
Caught a lot of Scaliat, just didn’t know why back then.
While I was trolling around I hit a piling with the troll motor in high speed. Destroyed the shaft.

Good
We caught fish and I got my first New Iberia haircut. Nothing like going back to California with a New Iberia Haircut.

Bad
Had to buy me a new 24 Volt mariner troll motor at $649. Kept the other one for parts.

Bonnet Carrie spillway?

I always heard the wooden post perpendicular to I10 going north into the lake are the remnants of and old dock that was part of a hotel right off the railroad. A hurricane destroyed years before I10 was made.

Just what I heard. No real proof that it is true.

The ones that ran parallel to the I-10 were a sea wall. We used to ride our bikes on I-10 before it was opened, I think it was around 1972. The perpendicular wall was still intact, even had some trees growing on it. The parallel wall was just pilings by then. My dad said it was a sea wall long ago (told me this in the 70's) and people used to go out there and hang out.
He also said there was a civil war cannon out there past the bend in I-10 that was underwater.