Lamourie Lock

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Lamourie Lock
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Lamourie Lock is located in Louisiana
Lamourie Lock
Lamourie Lock
Location in Louisiana
Nearest cityLecompte, Louisiana
Coordinates31°7′46″N 92°24′24″W / 31.12944°N 92.40667°W / 31.12944; -92.40667Coordinates: 31°7′46″N 92°24′24″W / 31.12944°N 92.40667°W / 31.12944; -92.40667
Arealess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.94001218
Added to NRHP14 October 1994[1]

Lamourie Lock is located near Lecompte, Louisiana. It functioned as a control lock rather than a traditional navigational lock, keeping water from flowing from Bayou Boeuf to Bayou Lamourie, maintaining the water level in the prior. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 1994.[2]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System – Lamourie Lock (#94001218)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2 November 2013.
  2. ^ National Register staff (14 Oct 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lamourie Lock". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved 1 Mar 2020. With 6 photos from 1994.

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