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The ferry takes ten minutes to cross the one mile (1.6 km) span of the river; [4] it can carry two to four pickup trucks, a dozen motorcycles, or 38 dirt bikes or bicycles. [ 10 ] The ferry is privately operated by the Fort Gates Fish Camp, and is funded by Putnam County as a public transportation service; the subsidy was set at $10,000 per ...
Fowey Rocks Light is located seven miles southeast of Cape Florida on Key Biscayne. [2] [3] [4] The lighthouse was completed in 1878, replacing the Cape Florida Light. It was automated on May 7, 1975, and as of 2021 is still in operation. [5] The structure is cast iron, with a screw-pile foundation, a platform and a skeletal tower. The light is ...
Burnett, Gene. (1991) Florida's Past: People and Events That Shaped the State. Volume 3. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press. ISBN 1-56164-117-0; Langley, Wright and Arva Moore Parks (editors). (1983) "Diary of an Unidentified Land Official, 1855: Key West to Miami." Tequesta: The Journal of the Historical Association of Southern Florida. Number ...
"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Florida". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01; Florida Lighthouse Page". Web Archive. Retrieved on 2010-09-28.
The Boca Chita Key Historic District is a U.S. historic district within the Biscayne National Park in Miami-Dade County, Homestead, Florida.Located on the northwest section of Boca Chita Key, delimited by Biscayne Bay in the north and west and a half ruined stone wall on its southern side, it contains three historic buildings and the Boca Chita Lighthouse.
The Florida State Road Department produced a map of the area in 1936. [6] Pine resin was brought to the area from Aspalaga Landing by ship and transferred to the rail lines. [7] The River Junction Tribune was a weekly paper in the area. [8] The great Flood of 1929 affected River Junction and Chattahoochee, Florida. Henry C. Spear was River ...
Pigeon Key is a small island containing the historic district of Pigeon Key, Florida. The 5-acre (2.0-hectare) island is home to 8 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, some of which remain from its earliest incarnation as a work camp for the Florida East Coast Railway. Today these buildings serve a variety of purposes, ranging ...
Bodinnick looking towards Fowey. Bodinnick lies in the Lanteglos-by-Fowey parish on the banks of the Fowey River. It was important as a ferry terminal for people travelling from Fowey. [6] There is an "Old Ferry Inn" close to the bank of the river here. There is a camp site about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the ferry crossing. [7]