Collier County Museums Historic Photo Archive | Naples, FL | 1920's Immokalee Road Project | 88.42.74

A rough graded section of Immokalee Road (left) during the construction of the Tamiami Trail, with a drainage canal, and emergency dam (right foreground) built in the summer of 1927. Originally captioned "Site of Emergency Dam. During extreme drought in the summer of 1927, it was necessary to dam road and resort to pumps to float giant dredge." Duplicate of 88.42.73