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Ortona Lock, Lock No. 2, Caloosahatchee River, Cross-State Canal, Okeechobee Intracoastal Waterway, Ortona, Glades County, FL

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Ortona Lock, Lock No. 2, Caloosahatchee River, Cross-State Canal, Okeechobee Intracoastal Waterway, Ortona, Glades County, FL

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Summary

Significance: Engineered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville Office in 1937, Ortona Lock and Dam was designed for preventative measures during hurricanes, floods, and droughts while allowing navigation on the Okeechobee Intracoastal Waterway, a 155-mile passage connecting the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Ocean via Lake Okeechobee.
Survey number: HAER FL-19-A
Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1963 Subsequent Work

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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
U.S. Engineering Office, Jacksonville, architect/engineer
Edgar H. Latham Construction Co., builder
Spadaro Construction Co., builder
Calloway, Deborah, transmitter
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