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Book Title:The Florida Keys Overseas Railway
Signed:No
Ex Libris:No
Narrative Type:Nonfiction
Publisher:Signature Press
Item Length:9 in
Intended Audience:Adults
Inscribed:No
Maker:Signature Press
Vintage:No
Publication Year:2006
Format:Hardcover
Unit Type:lb
Language:English
Item Height:10 in
Personalized:No
Author:Warren Zeiller
Features:Dust Jacket
Time Period Manufactured:2010-2019
Topic:Trains
Country/Region of Manufacture:United States
Item Width:2.5 in
Item Weight:2.5
Number of Pages:248

The basic story of the Overseas Railway to Key West, an extension of the Florida East Coast Railway, has been told before, from the early dream of Henry Flagler to completion of railroad construction near the end of Flagler’s life, to destruction of the extension in the devastating Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. But there is much more to tell. The core of this book is the collection of photographs made by William Asa Glass, one of the construction engineers on the project. His views, many never duplicated elsewhere, show both the engineering and human sides of the great project in a unique way. Supplementing it are the recollections of many who were there. In combination, it makes a vivid and engrossing story, rich in unfamiliar details. Also included here is a retrospective of the route today.Henry M. Flagler conceived the idea of a railway to Key West at least as early as 1895, and after a number of setbacks, the Overseas Railway was completed in 1912. It then served to take tourists to and from the Florida Keys, particularly Key West, as well as to transport freight and passengers enroute to and from Havana, Cuba by ship. It was effectively destroyed in the cataclysmic Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, and its route was sold to become part of Florida’s Overseas Highway. The coverage includes a number of views of hurricane damage as well as the construction process, along with the working environment of an engineer on this project. An epilogue provides a brief tour of the route today, with the remnants of nearly all the original Flagler bridges still standing, often alongside today’s Overseas Highway.The book’s 166 photographs, few ever published, 129 of them by Bill Glass or from his collection, together with 24 views (18 in color) of the route today, along with maps, artwork, and a bibliography and index, make this book unusually complete. Anyone interested in railroad history or Florida history will enjoy this book, but particularly for those whose enthusiasm is railroad construction, the Florida East Coast Railway, or the Florida Keys, this is a satisfying complement to other books on the topic, and a fascinating history in its own right.Signature Press, hardcover with jacket, 156 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., 166 photographs (18 in color), maps, artwork and drawings, bibliography, index.

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