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Gulf American Land Corporation (GALC) was a land development company in Florida founded by brothers Leonard and Jack Rosen. During the late 1950s and 1960s, GALC was the largest land sales company in the United States. [2] The company is noted for its role in the development of Cape Coral, and pioneering the sales method of installment land ...
Construction Dock 450 60.0 * China: Zhoushan PT PAL Indonesia (Persero) ... Cape Town: Sturrock Dry Dock 370 45.1 13.7 * [52] Robinson Dry Dock 161 20.7
The company borrowed $750,000 in 1938 from the Public Works Administration to help pay for the construction of a 10,000-ton dry dock that was being built. After the dry dock was constructed, in 1939, they were awarded a contract worth $8 million to build four cargo ships.
SIESTA KEY, Fla. − Hurricane Milton plowed into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after tearing a path of destruction across Florida, killing at least 14 people and knocking out power to millions ...
The Cape Haze Pioneer Trail was later built on the right of way between western Port Charlotte and Placida in the mid-2000s. The most substantial remnant of the line is the historic Boca Grande passenger depot at Park and 4th Streets, which is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Cape Coral from the International Space Station, 2016. Cape Coral is a city in Lee County, Florida, United States, on the Gulf of Mexico.Founded in 1957, the city's population had grown to 194,016 as of the 2020 census, a 26% increase from 154,309 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-most populous city in Florida.
Dock No. Material of which dock is constructed Length Width Depth Date Completed Source 2 Concrete 743 feet 5 inches (226.59 m) 122 feet (37 m) 28 feet 10 inches (8.79 m) 1903 [45] 3 Concrete 1,005 feet 4 inches (306.43 m) 153 feet (47 m) 39 feet 10 inches (12.14 m) 1919 4 Concrete 1,092 feet (333 m) 171 feet (52 m)
Location of Boca Grande, Florida Public beach on Gulf Blvd, looking north. Boca Grande is a small residential community on Gasparilla Island in southwest Florida.Gasparilla Island is a part of both Charlotte and Lee counties, while the actual village of Boca Grande, which is home to many seasonal and some year-round residents, is entirely in the Lee County portion of the island.