When congress appropiated funds to construct the MRGO, was it a
"political payoff" to Louisiana congressmen for backing the St.
Lawrence Seaway project?
I am a retired steamship executive and could never fathom why the MRGO
was constructed in the first place. It "saves" ocean going vessels a 4 hour
"short cut" to the Port of New Orleans from the Gulf of Mexico. What
a useless waste of funds when it takes a vessel (depending on speed)
21 days from Amersterdam to New Orleans. It would take that same
vessel 9-10 hours from the mouth of the Mississippi River to New
Orleans and 4 hours less using the MGRO. I would like some references
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There's a pretty good summary of the history of "Mr-Go" at this link:
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-4/113670456489340.xml
About a third of the way down the page is a section called "An Old
Idea", which re-caps the history of the channel.
Seems the advantage (or at least, the perceived advantage) had as much
to do with reliability of the channel for deep-draft vessel transport,
as it did with the shorter route.
Is this the sort of information you're looking for?
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