The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin conducting regularly scheduled tours of the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam Facility on February 1, 1997. The facility, located just off State Road 80 near Alva, Fla., on the Caloosahatchee River, provides navigation and flood control in the area and is operated by the Army Corps' Jacksonville Distict. Tours will be available at the facility's Visitor Center twice a day each Saturday and Sunday at Noon and 2 p.m., rain or shine. Highlights of the tour include the history and construction of the lock and dam, the function and operation of the facility and its benefits to the Lake Okeechobee waterway system.
Tours are free and the public is invited and encouraged to attend.