Plan representing J. M. Bell Crevasse
J. M. Bell Crevasse located in Harvey, La. Jefferson Parish; flooding; levees; J. M. Bell
New Orleans, La.
See map, "Plantations on the Mississippi River from Natchez to New Orleans," 1858, c6d4 for exact location of J. M. Bell Plantation
Location of sugarhouse indicated. Crevasse adjoined Denis Fouche's property. Includes notation, "The Soundings taken on the level of the water 9 feet below high Water, the levees A, B, C, D, E, & F are the first one, Ordered by the jury of inhabitants. Said levee crossing the pond from C to D with a wooden coffer. The jury being reconvened for the propose of relocating the levee, located it on the lines A B G H E & F. The first location would have cost 42000 thousand yards of earth and a coffer of 10,000 dollars. The 2nd levee will cost 66000 yards of earth."