File:DISTANT VIEW OF EXTERIOR OD UPPER (NORTHERN) LOCK GATES, WITH TIMBER GUIDE WALL AND CONTROL HOUSE ON RIGHT AND TIMBER PYLONS AND LEVEE ON LEFT, BAFFLES ARE IN FRONT OF GATES FOR THE HAER FL-18-A-26.tif

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Zealy, Ed

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U.S. Engineer Office, Jacksonville, architect/engineer
Edgar H. Latham Construction Co., builder
Calloway, Deborah, transmitter
Title
DISTANT VIEW OF EXTERIOR OD UPPER (NORTHERN) LOCK GATES, WITH TIMBER GUIDE WALL AND CONTROL HOUSE ON RIGHT AND TIMBER PYLONS AND LEVEE ON LEFT, BAFFLES ARE IN FRONT OF GATES FOR THE DRAINING OF THE LOCK, VIEW TOWARDS SOUTH - Moore Haven Lock, Hurricane Gate No. 1, Cross-State Canal, Okeechobee Intracoastal Waterway, Moore Haven, Glades County, FL
Depicted place Florida; Glades County; Moore Haven
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
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HAER FL-18-A-26
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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 1934, Moore Haven Lock 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 Ocean via Lake Okeechobee.
  • Survey number: HAER FL-18-A
  • Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 2000 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fl0661.photos.220970p
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Object location26° 49′ 58.01″ N, 81° 05′ 35.98″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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