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Disston's sponsored canals were unsuccessful, but the land he purchased for them stimulated economic and population growth that attracted railway developer Henry Flagler. Flagler built a railroad along the east coast of Florida and eventually to Key West; towns grew and farmland was cultivated along the rail line.
The names of the canals were given by Abbot Kinney as follows: Aldebaran Canal, Altair Canal, Cabrillo Canal, Coral Canal, Grand Canal, Lion Canal and Venus Canal. Another set of canals was built south of the Venice Canals, originally known as the New Amsterdam Canals by investors and architects, namely Howland, Sherman and Clark, land owners ...
Kinney's "Venice of America" opened in 1905, but pressure to accommodate automobiles saw more than half the canals filled in to create roads in 1929. The canal estate model proved more resilient on the east coast, where they are a significant part of the urban structure of Cape Coral, Fort Lauderdale and Miami in Florida.
Venice lay in a boundary area between two cultures, the Tocobaga and the Calusa, and thus evidence of each can be found in the area. [13] The 1870s is when the area saw the first significant wave of white settlers. [3] Venice was first known as "Horse and Chaise" because of a carriage-like tree formation that marked the spot for fishermen. [3]
The John Nolen Plan of Venice Historic District is a U.S. historic district located on the west coast of Venice, Florida.The district, planned by John Nolen in 1926 for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, [2] is bounded by Laguna Drive on north, Home Park Road on east, the Corso on south, and The Esplanade on west. [3]
The U.S. state of Florida, due to being a peninsula and its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean, has many bridges of varying lengths. The longest bridge in the state is the Seven Mile Bridge located in the Florida Keys. This list includes overwater automobile bridges 2,640 feet (800 m) or longer.
Start of the Historic Ship Canal Trail, part of the Cross Florida Greenway along the route of the unfinished Cross Florida Barge Canal One of the two completed sections of the Barge Canal, looking west from the SR 19 bridge south of Palatka A map of the Cross Florida Barge Canal as planned and built The Cross Florida Greenway bridge over I-75 One of the supports for the never completed bridge ...
Grassy Key, Florida, is an island in the middle Florida Keys. [1] It is located on U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway ), near mile markers 57—60, below the Conch Keys. It has an area of 3.65 km², with a population of 974 as of the census 2000.