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Over a hundred years ago, the first train to cross the Overseas Railroad, technically known as the Key West extension of Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway, chugged into Key West.
The Overseas Railroad (also known as Florida Overseas Railroad, the Overseas Extension, and Flagler's Folly) was an extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city located 128 miles (206 km) beyond the end of the Florida peninsula.
During the 1880s and 1890s, Henry Flagler built the Florida East Coast Railway from Jacksonville down the East coast to Miami. He began the Overseas Extension in 1906 to connect Miami to Key West. Primary Source Sets.
When the United States announced in 1905 its intention to build the Panama Canal, Flagler embarked on perhaps his greatest challenge: the extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city of almost 20,000 inhabitants located 128 miles beyond the end of the Florida peninsula.
Historical Remnants of the Florida Keys Railroad. Just south of Marathon, stop at the Pigeon Key Visitor Center in the vintage red Flagler railway car. From there, it’s a 15-minute ferry ride to this five-acre island, which was once a camp for workers on the Old Seven Mile Bridge.
Introduce the theme of the lesson, the development of the Florida East Coast Railway’s Overseas Key West Extension. Show the students the picture of Henry Flagler and tell them a little about his life and ambitions with the Florida East
1 Δεκ 2013 · The old railway bridges add poignant glimpses of the Keys’ colorful past. Photo © Josh Ritchie. One of the best places to view and learn about the historic bridges and their railroad heritage is at the old Seven-Mile Bridge just south of the town of Marathon.
