St. Lucie Canal, St. Lucie, Cross State Canal, Okeechobee Intracoastal Waterway, Stuart, Martin County, FL
Summary
Significance: Engineered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville Office in 1937, St. Lucie Lock and Dam was designed for preventative measures during hurricanes, floods, and droughts while allowing navigation on the Okeechobee Intracoastal Watery, a 155-mile passage connecting the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Coast via Lake Okeechobee
Survey number: HAER FL-20
Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction
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Tags
locks
dams
stuart
lucie
lucie canal
cross
cross state canal
okeechobee
waterway
martin
martin county
florida
clearly brother construction company
historic american engineering record
war department us army corps of engineers
jacksonville us engineer office
photo
okeechobee intracoastal waterway
ultra high resolution
high resolution
building plans
library of congress
architectural diagrams
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
U.S. Engineer Office, Jacksonville, engineer
Clearly Brother Construction Company, fabricator
U.S Army Corps of Engineers, War Department, engineer
Location
Stuart
,
27.19755, -80.25283
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html