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The Overseas Railroad (also known as Florida Overseas Railroad, the Overseas Extension, and Flagler's Folly) was an extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city located 128 miles (206 km) beyond the end of the Florida peninsula.
The Florida East Coast Railway depot in Sebastian.The structure was built in 1893. Beginning in 1892, when landowners south of Daytona petitioned him to extend the railroad 80 miles (130 km) south, Flagler began laying new railroad tracks; no longer did he follow his traditional practice of purchasing existing railroads and merging them into his growing rail system.
Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio.He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway.
The Dixie Flagler was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) between Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida. It began in 1939 as the Henry M. Flagler , a regional service between Miami and Jacksonville, Florida ; the FEC renamed it and extended it to Chicago a year later.
Location of Flagler County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Flagler County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Flagler County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
MARTIN COUNTY — The county and the city of Stuart officially applied to Brightline Wednesday to host a railroad station in downtown Stuart. Cost of the $60 million station, at 500 SE Flagler Ave ...
Overseas Highway and Railway bridges, Florida Keys The Overseas Highway begins at a T intersection between US 1 and SR A1A, from which it heads east. [4] After crossing to Stock Island and forming the boundary between the eponymous district and incorporated Key West, US 1 proceeds through unincorporated Monroe County on Boca Chica Key, [5] past Naval Air Station Key West, and Rockland Key ...
Only 2 Volusia-Flagler stations sold gas under $4 a gallon a week ago. On Monday, that number has grown to over 50 as prices fell a 10th straight day. Daily tracker: Stations selling gas below $4 ...