Herbert Hoover Dike
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The Herbert Hoover Dike is a dike around the waters of Lake Okeechobee in Florida.
Over the years the quality of the flood control around the lake has grown. In the 1910s a small earthen dike was constructed. This containment was breached by the storm surge from the Great Miami Hurricane in 1926 and the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane, killing thousands. In the 1930s a larger system of levees was built around the lake. After a near catastrophe from the Fort Lauderdale Hurricane of 1947, the dike was again expanded in the 1960s to create the current Herbert Hoover Dike. The cost of construction was about $165 million USD. The dike is now about 30 feet (9 meters) high on average. This should be sufficient to protect against future storm surges or flooding; however there are some concerns that the dike is falling into disrepair.
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