[PRCo] Re: Neville Island

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Greetings

During World War II, shipyards on the island built submarines
and LST's.  They went down the Ohio to the Miss to New Orleans.
This ship yard made river barges.

Harold Geissenheimer

Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Jim Holland wrote:
>
> >
> > HI!
> >
> >       This island must have been huge  --  and in the middle of a River to
> > boot, Not a Lake, and certainly Not the Ocean!!
>
> s/must have been/is/
>
> >       How long was the island?
>
> Check out a USGS map; it's still there (miles)
>
> >       How wide was it at the widest point?
>
> As above
>
> >       Is the Island strictly for Business,
> >               or were there homes as well?
>
> Eastern end is business (industrial) while western with exception of
> western tip is residential. Western tip was recently converted to a sports
> center. There's still a rendering plant on the island, as well as a
> soon-to-be-closed cement plant, oil storage, chemical processing, and
> other stuff
>
> >       What is there today?
> houses and businesses.
>
> >       Do people live there today?
>
> yes
>
> -D