《明史·志·卷六十》
担心淮水泛滥，则筑高家堰堤来护卫，起于武家墩，经过大、小涧到阜宁湖，而使淮水不往东流。
虑淮水涨溢，则筑高家堰堤以捍之，起武家墩，经大、小涧至阜宁湖，而淮不东侵。
For fear that the Huai River would flood, the Gaojia Dike was built to guard it, starting at Wujia Dun, going through Da and Xiao Jian to Funing Lake, in order to prevent the Huai River from flowing east.