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The Havana Special train on Long Key Viaduct, c. 1970
The Havana Special train. Caption: "Sightseers gather on the observation deck of the Havana Special as it crosses Long Key Viaduct in 1912. The boat-train ran express from New York to Miami and then as a Local to Key West. At first travelers had to change to a Key West-Havana passenger steamer. Later three large steel ferries took the Pullman cars all the way to Cuba. The Havana Special boomed during prohibition but was cut to one trip a day in the '30's. Photo from The Railroad that Died at Sea: The Florida East Coast's Key West Extension, by Pat Parks (1968). Photo credit: Association of American Railroads." -
Train on the Seven Mile Bridge, c. 1970
Train traverses the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys. Caption: "During 1908 Flagler's engineers built 'the great one,' the most costly link in the 'Overseas Railroad.' Although called the 'Seven Mile Bridge,' it was nine miles long including approaches. A 253-foot swinging span allowed ships to pass from the Gulf to the Atlantic. Before it was complete, the bridge was wracked by the 125 mph hurricane of 1909 and had to be extensively rebuilt. Photo from The Railroad that Died at Sea: The Florida East Coast's Key West Extension, by Pat Parks (1968). Photo credit: Florida East Coast Railway." -
Train on Long Key Viaduct, c. 1930
Florida East Coast Railway train travels on railroad bridge. Caption: "The most beautiful viaduct consists of 100 semi-circular graceful arches, each 50 feet wide. It was one of the first great bridges to be built of concrete. At the north end of this viaduct is Long Key, where the famous fishing camp by that name is located." -
Train on Knights Key Bridge, c. 1930
Florida East Coast Railway train travels on railroad bridge. Caption: "Stretching almost seven miles across the open sea, this is the longest bridge in the F. E. C. Ry.'s Over-Sea Extension between the mainland of Florida and Key West. It consists of steel deck girders anchored on huge concrete piers. In this bridge there are 316 eighty-foot spans, 19 sixty-foot spans, finished off with 210 fifty-three foot concrete arches at the sound end." -
F. E. C. train crossed bridge in moonlight, 1912
Florida East Coast Railway train crosses one of the Key West Extension bridges with the moon overhead. -
Crane Creek Railroad Bridge, Melbourne, Fla., c. 1930
F. E. C. Railroad Bridge at Crane Creek in Melbourne, Florida. -
Palm Beach Limited crossing Steel Bridge, c. 1915
A man fishing with a train crossing the railway bridge across the St. Lucie River. -
Josephine Lyons and children, 1915
Josephine Fulton Lyons (1877-1957) and children Ernie and Isabel Josephine. Published in Sandra Thurlow's book, Stuart on the St. Lucie (p. 33) with the caption "Future Stuart News editor, Ernie Lyons, stands with his mother and little sister Isabel. In 1915, when this photograph was taken, the Florida East Coast Railway bridge, visible in the background, was only bridge spanning the St. Lucie River." -
Young man with bicycle on railroad bridge, c. 1915
Young man stands with a bicycle on a railroad bridge. Damaged copy. -
Young man on railroad bridge, c. 1915
Portrait of a young man on a railroad bridge. Damaged copy.