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Waterloo, Louisiana
Waterloo is the name of a ghost town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. The once bustling town was destroyed by a levee breach during the Great Flood of 1927; most structures were destroyed with the exception of a few well-built cottages that were moved west beyond the rail-road tracks into New Roads, Louisiana, which was only spared from flooding because of the railroad tracks that were laid atop a higher than normal embankment to most of the city a little extra insurance in the event of just this type of disaster.
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