The Port Mayaca Lock is a navigable
lock
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and
dam
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on the
Okeechobee Waterway
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(
St. Lucie Canal), adjacent to
U.S. Route 441 and
U.S. Route 98 at Canal Point, in
Martin County,
Florida
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,
United States
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.
It is located near
Port Mayaca at latitude 26° 59" 5', longitude -80° 37" 5'.
Port Mayaca Lock is open daily from 7:00am to 5:00pm. New Lock hour as of 1 April 2015.
The total cost of construction was $13.1 million.
Purpose
This structure was created to help raise the water level in the lake, for the purpose of retaining fresh water for agricultural use, city water supply, and for navigation. It also serves for regulating flood control water into the Everglades during hurricane season.
American Canal Society Report
Technical information
The lock chamber is wide by long, and deep. The lift distance between the St. Lucie Canal and Lake Okeechobee is normally 1/2 to . The channel width is , and deep.
Radio channel
This lock operates on Marine VHF radio
Marine VHF radio is a worldwide system of two way radio transceivers on ships and watercraft used for bidirectional voice communication from ship-to-ship, ship-to-shore (for example with harbormasters), and in certain circumstances ship-to-a ...
channel 13.
Gallery
Image:Port Mayaca Lock and Dam 02.JPG, Boaters anchored lock wall as the canal-side gates close.
Image:Port Mayaca Lock and Dam 04.JPG, Boater exits as canal-side gates closed behind and Lake Okeechobee lakeside gates opening.
Image:Port Mayaca Lock and Dam - gates - 03.JPG, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer personnel overlooks the closing of the lakeside gates.
Image:Port Mayaca Lock and Dam - view from lake 05.JPG, Canal 59 in the foreground and Control Structure S-191, which controls water flow into Lake Okeechobee.
See also
* List of reservoirs and dams in Florida
References
External links
American Canal Society Report
Dams in Florida
United States Army Corps of Engineers dams
Transport infrastructure completed in 1977
Dams completed in 1977
1977 establishments in Florida
Locks of Florida
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