Official Souvenir - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Official Souvenir write by George M. Chapin. This book was released on 1912. Official Souvenir available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Florida's Great Ocean Railway
Florida's Great Ocean Railway - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Florida's Great Ocean Railway write by Dan Gallagher. This book was released on 2014-10-01. Florida's Great Ocean Railway available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The building of Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway extension over water to Key West from 1905 to 1916 was s triumph of engineering and logistics. The Keys were remote and with little means of communication. The massive amounts of materials had to be moved with steam power. This book tells the story of the planners and their plan and its execution. It has 250 old photos, most of which have never been published before.
Key West Extension
Key West Extension - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Key West Extension write by Florida East Coast Railway. This book was released on 1912. Key West Extension available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told
The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told write by Seth H. Bramson. This book was released on 2011-11-01. The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. All aboard for the history of one of the most audacious and innovative railroad engineering feats in history from the celebrated Floridian author. 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 United States, 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. Includes photos
Last Train to Paradise
Last Train to Paradise - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Last Train to Paradise write by Les Standiford. This book was released on 2003-08-05. Last Train to Paradise available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores. In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D. Rockefeller, dreamed of a railway connecting the island of Key West to the Florida mainland, crossing a staggering 153 miles of open ocean—an engineering challenge beyond even that of the Panama Canal. Many considered the project impossible, but build it they did. The railroad stood as a magnificent achievement for more than twenty-two years, heralded as “the Eighth Wonder of the World,” until its total destruction in 1935's deadly storm of the century. In Last Train to Paradise, Standiford celebrates this crowning achievement of Gilded Age ambition, bringing to life a sweeping tale of the powerful forces of human ingenuity colliding with the even greater forces of nature’s wrath.
