The 249th Engineer Battalion is a versatile power generation battalion assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that provides commercial-level power to military units and federal relief organizati
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Senior power plant operator, with the 1st Detachment, 249th Engineer Battalion, shows the circuits located at a substation on Logistical Support Area Anaconda, which is found in various areas located around the base that steps the power down to levels used in offices and trailers.
Fight in Arsdorf was brought to an end with a tank destroyer ending the two days of fighting between the engineers and German defenders of the town.
17th Street Canal
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The 17th Street Canal is the largest and most important drainage canal in the city of New Orleans. Operating with Pump Station 6, it moves water into Lake Pontchartrain. The canal, along with the Orle
A woman walks her dog along the levee beside the flood wall on the Metairie side of the canal, November 11, 2005. In the background to the right, ongoing repairs in the breach on the New Orleans side can be seen.
"Pumping Station 6" astride the Canal from the back (lake) side
A portion of the 17th Street Canal, looking lakeward from behind the Metairie Road Pumping Station. Note the levees topped with concrete flood walls.
Water is pumped out of the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans into the 17th Street Canal.