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DETAIL OF SECOND GATE FROM NORTH SIDE, LOOKING DOWN AT GATE MECHANISM, VIEW TOWARDS DOWNSTREAM (WEST) - Ortona Lock, Lock No. 2, Caloosahatchee River, Cross-State Canal, Okeechobee Intracoastal Waterway, Ortona, Glades County, FL
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Bryant, Richard T.

Related names:

U.S. Engineering Office, Jacksonville, architect/engineer
Edgar H. Latham Construction Co., builder
Spadaro Construction Co., builder
Calloway, Deborah, transmitter
Title
DETAIL OF SECOND GATE FROM NORTH SIDE, LOOKING DOWN AT GATE MECHANISM, VIEW TOWARDS DOWNSTREAM (WEST) - Ortona Lock, Lock No. 2, Caloosahatchee River, Cross-State Canal, Okeechobee Intracoastal Waterway, Ortona, Glades County, FL
Depicted place Florida; Glades County; Ortona
Date 2000
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER FL-19-A-24
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • 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
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fl0670.photos.221027p
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Object location26° 48′ 46.01″ N, 81° 18′ 56.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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