1961 Press Photo Army Engineers Examine Proposed Hurricane Barrier in Louisiana

One hurricane barrier proposed for Lake Pontchartrain would be located at the Rigolets. Examining this spot in a huge, operating scale model are Colonel E.H. Lang, left, director of the Army Engineers' waterways experiment station at Vicksburg, and estuaries section chief G.B. Fenwick.

Photo is dated 1961.

Photo measures 8.25 x 10.25 inches.