The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told
Although several people had considered constructing a railroad to Key West beginning in the early 1800s, it took a bold industrialist with unparalleled vision to make it happen. In 1902, Henry Flagler made the decision to extend the Florida East Coast Railway to qthe nearest deepwater American port.q In this book, renowned Florida historian Seth H. Bramson reveals how the Key West Extension of the Flagler-owned FEC became the greatest railroad engineering and construction feat in U.S. and possibly world history, an accomplishment that would cement Flagler's fame and legend for all time. Join Bramson as he recounts the years of operation of this great railroad, what it did for the Florida Keys and what it meant to the resident conchs.In that timetable, an afa indicates a flag stop, as discussed above. ... 1912, to and through the last, before the September 2, 1935 storm ended service (that schedule folder being dated May 18, 1935). ... Toms Harbor was added at 460, three miles below Long Key; Bahia Honda was added at MP 486 between Marathon andanbsp;...
| Title | : | The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told |
| Author | : | Seth Bramson |
| Publisher | : | The History Press - 2011 |
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