Sanford and Lake Eustis Railway

Sanford and Lake Eustis Railway

Sanford and Lake Eustis Railway

Railroads--Florida

Plant, Henry Bradley, 1819-1899

Railways

Railroads--Florida

Sanford (Fla.)

Lake Mary (Fla.)

List of latitude and longitude coordinates for the Sanford and Lake Eustis Railway.The Sanford and Lake Eustis Railway. The Jacksonville, Tampa, and Key West Railroad built the road in 1886 and opened it in 1887. The track spanned 29.5 miles and started in the downtown Sanford rail station area and ran west towards the present-day 417 and I-4 interchange. The president of Sanford and Lake Eustis Railway, Dr. J. N. Bishop, sold the railroad to the Plant System in 1890.

Coordinates compiled as part of a RICHES student project.

Railroads in Central Florida Collection, Map Overlays Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Sanford, Florida

Lake Mary, Florida

Sanford, Florida

28.80579, -81.28666

28.79349, -81.37902

28.79284, -81.41292

1886-01-01/1890-12-31

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