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Herbert Hoover Dike
the wall the hurricanes built
- Founded
- 1932
- Evidence class
- publicly verified operating
- Place
- around Lake Okeechobee
- District
- The Glades
- Status as of 12 September 2026
- Operating; the 143 mile dike remains under Army Corps rehabilitation, with over 870 million dollars invested since 2001.
- Connections
- 3 edges, 3 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.013 (rank 75 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.000 (rank 195) · outside share 0.33
- Confidence
- High · sources: [WHHD] [USACE] [PBCH1] (register)
After the 1926 and 1928 hurricane floods kill over 3,000 people, the 1930 River and Harbor Act authorizes the levees and the Corps builds them from 1932 to 1938; the dike underwrites every farm in the Glades [WHHD][USACE].
Connections
Location and lineage
- grew out ofHurricanes of 1926 and 1928the deaths force the River and Harbor Act and the levees1926 to 1932
- built byUS Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville Districtthe Corps builds the levees and rehabilitates them from 2001 with over 870 million dollars invested1932 to 1938
Support
- supportedEverglades Agricultural Areaflood protection underpins farming south of the lake1930s to present