Florida East Coast Railway Construction album

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2020

Descriptive Summary

Title: Florida East Coast Railway Construction album

Dates: 1906-1912

Collection Number: MS 840

Creator/Collector: Florida East Coast Railway

Extent: .33 linear feet

Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Sacramento, California 95814

Abstract: This album shows construction of various sections of the Florida Keys to Key West line of the Florida East Coast Railway.

Language of Material: English

Access

Open for research

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation

Florida East Coast Railway Construction album. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Biography/Administrative History

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. There is no caption information.

Scope and Content of Collection

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. [Album 134]