Description: The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told, Florida, Transportation, Paperback 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.
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781609493998
Book Title: Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told: Henry Flagler and the Florida East Coast Railway's Key West Extension
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Seth H. Bramson
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Railroads / History, Railroads / Pictorial, Business
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Transportation, History
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
