1953 Map of Crescent

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Bayou Plaquemine and the Lower Grand River dominate this mid-century survey of Iberville Parish, revealing a landscape defined by the engineering of the Intracoastal Waterway. Small communities like The Parks and Crescent sit alongside massive infrastructure projects, including the E Protection Levee and various spoil banks that reshape the deltaic environment. The map details a transition from the wilder swamplands of the Atchafalaya Floodway to the managed waterways that supported local commerce and navigation.