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LOCATION.--Lat 26°38'40", long 80°03'32" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 sec.15, T.44 S., R.34 E., Palm Beach County, FL, Hydrologic Unit 03090202, at structure S-155, on left bank in concrete control house north of control structure, 200 ft downstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 1, and 4.9 mi south of courthouse in West Palm Beach. PERIOD OF RECORD.--November 1939 to September 2004. Discontinued. Records of gage heights prior to October 1961 are available in files of the U.S. Geological Survey. REVISED RECORDS.--WDR FL-91-2A, 1986-89. WDR FL-03-2A, 2002 (downstream gage height only). GAGE.--Electronic data logger with shaft encoders for upstream and downstream stages. Prior to November 17, 2003, electronic data logger for 3 gate recorders. Prior to September 23, 1999, digital gate recorders. Prior to November 17, 1999, digital water-stage recorders upstream and downstream. Datum of gage is National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (State Department of Transportation bench mark). Prior to May 1, 1984, digital upstream stage recorder, and gate-opening indicator at site 200 ft upstream at same datum. Prior to April 26, 1940, nonrecording gage, April 26, 1940 to December 20, 1949, water-stage recorder, at same site at datum 0.25 ft higher, and December 20, 1949 to June 3, 1959, at same site and present datum. June 3, 1959 to September 30, 1985, water-stage and deflection vane recorder at site 800 ft upstream at present datum. COOPERATION.--Gate-operation record provided by South Florida Water Management District.