In the 19th century, Michoud was a small rural village in Orleans Parish outside of the city limits on Gentilly Road, named after French sugar farmer Antoine Michoud. The original tract of land, located in eastern New Orleans, was part of a 34,500 acre French Royal land grant to local merchant, Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent. In 1827, the land was acquired by Antoine Michoud, the son of Napoleon's Administrator of Domains, who moved to the city in 1827. Michoud operated a sugar cane plantation and refinery on the site until his death in 1863. His descendants continued operating the refinery and kept the original St. Maxent estate intact into the 20th century. Two brick smokestack blast furnaces from the original refinery still stand before the Michoud facility today.[4]
After the construction of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway some industrial development of the area began, growing with military plants during World War II, most importantly Higgins Industries factories. A small military airfield was built in the 1940s and 1950s.[5] During that time, architect Andrew J. Higgins was contracted by the U.S. Government to construct a new aircraft manufacturing facility adjacent to the airfield, at a cost of $180 million ($2.8 billion in 2018).[6] By the 1960s, the Michoud airfield runway was mostly removed (with portions rebuilt as Saturn Boulevard with only a small section of runway visible at southwest end), except the manufacturing buildings. NASA acquired the factory for the moon program; it is now known as the NASAMichoud Assembly Facility complex.
This area has the distinction of being the fastest-sinking part of Louisiana and one of the fastest-sinking areas of the Gulf Region. It is also among the lowest areas in the city in terms of elevation.[citation needed]
michoud, orleans, michoud, pronounced, shoo, sometimes, shood, area, eastern, orleans, part, ninth, ward, orleans, louisiana, located, latitude, longitude, michoud, louisianaunincorporated, communityold, plantation, smokestacks, stand, outside, administration,. Michoud pronounced ˈ m i ʃ u MEE shoo or sometimes ˈ m i ʃ u d MEE shood is an area in Eastern New Orleans part of the Ninth Ward of New Orleans Louisiana located at latitude 30 03 N longitude 89 925 W Michoud LouisianaUnincorporated communityOld plantation smokestacks stand outside the administration offices of NASA s Michoud Assembly Facility c 2006 Michoud LouisianaShow map of LouisianaMichoud LouisianaShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 30 01 49 N 89 55 33 W 30 03028 N 89 92583 W 30 03028 89 92583CountryUnited StatesStateLouisianaParishOrleansArea 1 Total349 85 sq mi 906 10 km2 Land169 50 sq mi 439 00 km2 Water180 35 sq mi 467 10 km2 Elevation 3 ft 0 9 m Population 2020 Total383 997 Density2 265 48 sq mi 874 71 km2 Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Area code504GNIS feature ID543467 2 FIPS code22 55000 Contents 1 Demographics 2 History 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksDemographics editHistorical population CensusPop Note 2020383 997 U S Decennial Census 3 History editIn the 19th century Michoud was a small rural village in Orleans Parish outside of the city limits on Gentilly Road named after French sugar farmer Antoine Michoud The original tract of land located in eastern New Orleans was part of a 34 500 acre French Royal land grant to local merchant Gilbert Antoine de St Maxent In 1827 the land was acquired by Antoine Michoud the son of Napoleon s Administrator of Domains who moved to the city in 1827 Michoud operated a sugar cane plantation and refinery on the site until his death in 1863 His descendants continued operating the refinery and kept the original St Maxent estate intact into the 20th century Two brick smokestack blast furnaces from the original refinery still stand before the Michoud facility today 4 After the construction of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway some industrial development of the area began growing with military plants during World War II most importantly Higgins Industries factories A small military airfield was built in the 1940s and 1950s 5 During that time architect Andrew J Higgins was contracted by the U S Government to construct a new aircraft manufacturing facility adjacent to the airfield at a cost of 180 million 2 8 billion in 2018 6 By the 1960s the Michoud airfield runway was mostly removed with portions rebuilt as Saturn Boulevard with only a small section of runway visible at southwest end except the manufacturing buildings NASA acquired the factory for the moon program it is now known as the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility complex This area has the distinction of being the fastest sinking part of Louisiana and one of the fastest sinking areas of the Gulf Region It is also among the lowest areas in the city in terms of elevation citation needed See also editMichoud fault TACA Flight 110References edit 2020 U S Gazetteer Files United States Census Bureau Retrieved March 20 2022 US Board on Geographic Names United States Geological Survey October 25 1980 Retrieved August 11 2019 Census of Population and Housing Census gov Retrieved June 4 2016 History of MAF MAF Space NASA Retrieved November 24 2018 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Abandoned amp Little Known Airfields Louisiana Eastern New Orleans area www airfields freeman com Archived from the original on September 10 2014 Retrieved January 13 2022 Inflation Calculator Find US Dollar s Value from 1913 2022 External links editMicheaud Factory Airfield nbsp This Louisiana state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michoud New Orleans amp oldid 1181678917, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
