| This track along Brooklyn Avenue in the New Orleans suburb of Algiers was first laid in 1889 by the New Orleans, Fort Jackson & Grand Isle Railroad, which was building south along the west bank of the Mississippi River from here. At one time there were houses all along the street, and their front steps descended onto these tracks. By the time this photo was taken, the track belonged to the New Orleans & Gulf Coast, and there were only three houses left. The blue home was at 737 Brooklyn, on the corner with Slidell Street. A depot and roundhouse were once just beyond the vegetation in the distance. |