Pumps running in Franklin

Above and center, the South Willow Street Drainage pump station moves water from east and north of Willow Street into the Franklin Canal, where it then moves out southward. The Willow Street station has a total pumping capacity of 150 cubic feet per second, and the canal pump is 520 cfs. The Yokely Canal, at bottom, roughly drains the area inside the Irish Bend area, the west end of Franklin and into the Cayce Street and Barrow Street areas. Areas approximately from Iberia Street north and west are served by a pumping station behind Hanson Memorial High School.