This album shows construction of various sections of the Florida Keys to Key West line of the Florida East Coast Railway.
Scope and Content
This album shows construction of various sections of the Florida Keys to Key West line of the Florida East Coast Railway, including concrete viaducts, truss bridges, swing bridges, placement of piers supporting these structures, various boasts used during construction, support buildings, fills across solid terrain, and a few photographs of trains running on the line.
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History / Biographical
This line was built in the 1906-1911 time period and was considered a monumental engineering achievement. The first train ran to Key West in January 1912. The train photos could be shots of the first passenger train. The line was virtually destroyed by a hurricane in 1935 and the bridges and viaducts were used for highway construction.
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