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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.
A deal was struck between the major underwater land owner to swap the city owned lots on the Venice Canals for land under the lagoon. Assuring the Lagoon and water to the Venice Canals would continue to flow in and out. The final hearing was the Coastal Commission, where there was no opposition to the Venice Canal Improvement project.
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.
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.
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]
Cape Coral, the waterfront wonderland, boasts more than 400 miles of canals that take enormous time and effort to maintain. The city has more canals than Venice, Italy, but who cleans these canals ...
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 ...
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