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St. Lucie Canal, St. Lucie Lock No. 1, 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 preventive 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 Coast via Lake Okeechobee.
Survey number: HAER FL-20-A
Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
U.S. Engineer Office, Jacksonville, FL War Department, Architect/Engineer
Cleary Brothers Construction Company, West Palm Beach, FL, Builder
Location
Stuart, 27.19755, -80.25283
Source
Library of Congress
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
