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The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told: Henry Flagler & the Florida East Coast Railway's Key West Extension (Transportation)

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The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told: Henry Flagler & the Florida East Coast Railway's Key West Extension (Transportation)

Although several people had considered constructing a railroad to Key West beginning in the early 1800s, it took a bold industrialist with unparalleled vision to make it happen. In 1902, Henry Flagler made the decision to extend the Florida East Coast Railway to "the nearest deepwater American port." In this book, renowned Florida historian Seth H. Bramson reveals how the Key West Extension of the Flagler-owned FEC became the greatest railroad engineering and construction feat in U.S., and possibly world, history, an accomplishment that would cement Flagler's fame and legend for all time. Join Bramson as he recounts the years of operation of this great railroad, what it did for the Florida Keys and what it meant to the resident conchs.
Country USA
Brand The History Press
Manufacturer The History Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2011-11-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781609493998

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