BAY CITY WALKING DREDGE #489 Naples, Florida
National Register of Historic Places Data
BAY CITY WALKING DREDGE #489 has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places with the following information, which has been imported from the National Register database and/or the Nomination Form. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- National Register ID
- 13000318
- Date Listed
- May 29, 2013
- Name
- Bay City Walking Dredge
- Other Names
- FMSF#CR 138
- Part of
- N/A (Multiple Property Submission)
- Address
- 20200 E. Tamiami Trail
- City/Town
- Naples
- County
- Collier
- State
- Florida
- Category
- structure
- Level of Sig.
- state
- Areas of Sig.
- ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION
Description
Text courtesy of the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Parks Service. Minor transcription errors or changes in formatting may have occurred; please see the Nomination Form PDF for official text. Some information may have become outdated since the property was nominated for the Register.
The Bay City Walking Dredge #489 is nominated to the National Register under Criteria A and C for significance at the local and statewide levels in the areas of Transportation and Engineering. This was one of three walking dredges that were primary working machines that made the Tamiami highway construction project possible. The dredge's patented engineering played a pivotal role in the speed, safety, and financing in the struggle to build the Tamiami Trail through the Florida Everglades. The walking dredge was a unique invention, patented in 1918. The Bay City Walking Dredge #489 is the last known example of this type of equipment. The Tamiami Trail's construction had a great impact on property development in South Florida. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers on February 19, 1994, recognized the Bay City Walking Dredge #489 as a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark.
