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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	M82- 29
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	Title, Dates:	Key West railroad bridge construction photographs, 1905-1912.
	Amount:	7 photographs
	Medium Included:	photographs 20x25 inches
	Organization/Arrangement:	Unarranged
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	Biographical/Historical:	Key West, the southernmost city in the United States, was a remote island with no connection to the mainland until the Florida East Coast Railway built more than 100 miles of track through the Florida Keys. Henry Flagler began extending his Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway south from Homestead, Florida, in 1905 and competed it 1912. The FEC Railway built more than 20 miles of causeways between the chain of islands in the Keys and constructed nearly 12 miles of bridges connecting the islands. When the railway was finished, Flagler rode the first train to Key West for a historic celebration on January 22, 1912. Part of the project was construction of the Seven Mile Bridge that began at Knights Key, passed over Pigeon Key to the east, and proceeded another five miles west to Little Duck Key. Pigeon Key was the location of a work camp for one portion of this construction project. From 1908 to 1912, the 5.3-acre island was crowded with men and building materials. At one point, more than 400 people lived there. The Seven Mile Bridge is still standing and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
	Summary:	This collection contains seven black and white photographs of the construction of the seven-mile bridge that connected Key West to Florida between 1905 and 1912. These images depict various stages of the construction project and unidentified workers.
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	General Note:	Florida Photographic Collection Number P1982-29
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	Subject Access Fields:	Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830-1913 Bridges Design and construction. Bridges Florida Railroads Design and construction Florida Photographs. aat Key West (Fla.)
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