Okeechobee Waterway of Orlando and extending southward through the Kissimmee River Basin to the Everglades National Park to Florida Bay. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages five locks and dams along the Okeechobee Waterway. The St. Lucie lock was built in 1941 for navigation and flood-control purposes. In 1944, the connecting spillway structure was built for flood and regulatory flow control through the St. Lucie Canal to manage the water level in Lake Okeechobee. The Port Mayaca Lock and Dam was built in 1977 for navigation purposes, to permit the raising of water levels in Lake Okeechobee, and to moderate the
Effects of the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane in Florida wires. Along the Gulf Coast of Florida, telephone lines were reported downed as far north as between Brooksville and Dade City. Offshore, the fishing smack "Wallace A. McDonnell" was beach near Piney Point, though all of the crew survived. In Orlando, impact to properties was described as slight. The storm left one death in Orange City. Light damage to citrus was reported in Lake and Orange counties. with only about 10% of the crop lost in the former. Winds up to impacted the Jacksonville area, resulting in minor damage at Jacksonville Beach. In the immediate aftermath of the storm, available