The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, LA. U.S.A. Department of Installation, Plan No. 2, Map of the City of New Orleans Showing Location of Exposition Grounds and All Approaches Thereto by Land and Water

A cropped map shows the location of “Spanish Fort” by the water’s edge. Other original text on the page reads “OLD FORT,” “HOTEL,” DEPOT,” LAWN,” “OPERA,” and “CASINO.” Four red triangles are imposed on the page to display the excavations in relation to the old fort and the shore line. The waterways Bayou St. John and Lake Pontchartrain have been labeled.

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Title

The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, LA. U.S.A. Department of Installation, Plan No. 2, Map of the City of New Orleans Showing Location of Exposition Grounds and All Approaches Thereto by Land and Water

Description

Close up of the area on the ca. 1884 map depicting Spanish Fort with approximate markers of artifact-rich locations along the Killdeer Street Waterline Trench.

Source

The New York Public Library Digital Collections

Date

1884

Rights

Use with the permission and discretion of the source

Collection

Spanish Fort

Citation

“The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, LA. U.S.A. Department of Installation, Plan No. 2, Map of the City of New Orleans Showing Location of Exposition Grounds and All Approaches Thereto by Land and Water,” GNOArch: The Archaeology of the Greater New Orleans Area, accessed October 22, 2026, https://gnoarch.com/items/show/853.

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