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	Lamourie Lock
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Lamourie Lock Location within Louisiana Lamourie Lock Location within the United States
Nearest city	Lecompte, Louisiana
Coordinates	31°7′46″N 92°24′24″W / 31.12944°N 92.40667°W
Area	less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.	94001218
Added to NRHP	14 October 1994

Lamourie Lock is located near Lecompte, Louisiana. It functioned as a control lock rather than a traditional navigational lock, keeping water from flowing from Bayou Boeuf to Bayou Lamourie, maintaining the water level in the prior. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 1994.^[2]

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