Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1997-12-19

Duration: 00:06:59

Subjects: Louisiana state historic sites

Contributors:

• Collins, Robert Host
• Duhe, Jeff Reporter
• Favrot, Louis Interviewee
• O'Neill, Gus Interviewee

This segment from the December 19, 1997, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Jeff Duhe’s visit to the Plaquemine Locks and Lock House, a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Duhe reports that the locks operated between 1909 and 1961 and served as a shortcut from the Mississippi River to the Intracoastal Canal system. He tours the site with Plaquemine residents Louis Favrot and Gus O’Neill. Host: Robert Collins