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Listen: The Latin ProgramConstruction of culvert near Lake Okeechobee.
Image Number
Rights
Collection
, M94-10, Box 1, FF3
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Flood damage prevention
Lakes--Florida--Lake Okeechobee Region--Regulation
New Deal, 1933-1939
Civil engineering
Public works
Building--Florida--Lake Okeechobee Region
Concrete construction
Concrete hydraulic structures--Florida--Lake Okeechobee Region--Design and construction
Culverts--Design and construction
Hydraulic engineering
Physical Description
General Note
The culvert is being built under a levee. These culverts will carry water draining from the surrounding country through the levee to the lake. The pipes are 10' in diameter and have automatic gates.
In 1949 the Florida Legislature created the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District, the predecessor to the South Florida Water Management District, and consolidated the Everglades Drainage District and the Okeechobee Flood Control District under this.
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