The Marigny Branch on Frenchmen & Royal at Washington Square, one of the original Carnegie Branch libraries, was severely damaged in Hurricane Betsy in 1965 and demolished.
A system of improved floodwalls topped the canal levees as part of hurricane protection projects following Hurricane Betsy in 1965.
Opened in 1964, the school was decimated in 1965 by Hurricane Betsy, which resulted in the flooding of the entire area.
The Flood Control Act of 1965 (FCA 1965), enacted after Hurricane Betsy flooded large sections of New Orleans, mandated the US Army Corps of Engineers as the Federal agency responsible for levee design and construction.
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