Lake Apopka Restoration Project Weekly Report (May 6 to 10, 1968)
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Pollution--Florida
Sewage disposal--Florida
A weekly report of the Lake Apopka Technical Committee, chaired by C. W. Sheffield. The committee was an initiative by Governor Florida Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr. (1926-2011) to investigate pollution and possible restoration of Lake Apopka, launched in 1967. This report discusses plans to speak to the Leesburg Chamber of Commerce; discussion of the Florida Air and Water Pollution Control Commission meeting on May 7, 1968; plans to hold a complete review of the project with the Federal Air and Water Pollution Control Commission on June 13; routine sampling of fish populations for pesticide analysis; notes on the Purdue Industrial Waste Conference; discussion of nutrient removal using aluminum compounds, and a committee project investigating this at Turkey Lake; and discussion of a pesticide sampling program with Dr. John Eye, and plans to retain his services for assistance with the project.
Sheffield, C. W.
Original 2-page typewritten report by C. W. Sheffield, May 10, 1968: binder 1968, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
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Lake Apopka, Florida
Leesburg, Florida
Florida's Turnpike and Interstate System Map, 1967
Roads--Florida--Maps
Toll roads--Florida
Road map showing the Florida Turnpike, it's toll plazas, exits and service stations. The brochure was produced in 1967. Construction for the Florida Turnpike began on July 4, 1955 in response to unprecedented growth in population and tourism in Florida. Thomas B. Manuel, chairman of the Florida State Turnpike Authority and the "Father of the Turnpike," led planning and construction. The highway opened on January 25, 1957.
Original map, 1967: <a href="http://www.floridasturnpike.com/about_system.cfm" target="_blank">Florida State Turnpike Authority</a>: Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
<a href="http://www.floridasturnpike.com/about_system.cfm" target="_blank">Florida State Turnpike Authority</a>
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