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Long-tail boats in Poda island, Krabi, Thailand. The long-tail boat ( Thai : เรือหางยาว , RTGS : ruea hang yao , [ 1 ] pronounced [rɯ̄ːa̯ hǎːŋ jāːw] ) is a type of watercraft native to Southeast Asia that uses a common automotive engine as a readily available and maintainable powerplant. [ 2 ]
Tea Table Key also known as "Terra's Key" is an island in the upper Florida Keys. It is located on U.S. 1 at mile marker 79. All of the key is within the Villages of Islamorada as of November 4, 1997, when it was incorporated. The island lies to the southwest of Upper Matecumbe Key, and to the northeast of Lower Matecumbe Key. [1]
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Key Largo (Spanish: Cayo Largo) is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and is the largest section of the keys, at 33 miles (53 km) long. It is one of the northernmost of the Florida Keys in Monroe County, and the northernmost of the keys connected by U.S. Highway 1 (the Overseas Highway).
In 1908, the Florida East Coast Railway Company built two large two-story dormitories there to house workers building the Bahia Honda Bridge. In 1890 Bahia Honda Key was the southern terminus for Miami-Dade county, then known as Dade county, which stretched as far north as present day St. Lucie River.
One vessel found at the Historic Seaport today is the Western Union, a schooner built in 1939 and the last surviving authentic working tall ship from Florida. It is the flagship of the state of Florida and the city of Key West. [10] The historic seaport is home to a number of large artworks, including by artists Robert Wyland and Ryan Stimers ...
The Tyger came to rest in a watery grave in the reefs in the Dry Tortugas National Park near the Florida Keys, ... can paint a wider picture of the ship’s story previously lost in history.
Boot Key Harbor is a natural body of water located in the middle of the Florida Keys, entirely within the city limits of Marathon, Florida, United States. Boot Key Harbor can be accessed by boat via two inlets from the Atlantic Ocean. The western inlet has a controlling depth of 6 feet (1.8 m) at mean low-tide, as does the rest of the main ...