Orlando-Winter Park Railroad
Dublin Core
Title
Orlando-Winter Park Railroad
Alternative Title
Dinky Line
Subject
Railroads--Florida--Passenger traffic
Rollins College (Winter Park, Fla.)--History
Railways
Railroad lines
Orlando (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Seminole County (Fla.)
Oviedo (Fla.)
Description
List of latitude and longitude coordinates for the Dinky Line. The track started in Orlando-Winter Park area and entered Seminole County near Oviedo. The Orlando-Winter Park Railroad officially opened on January 2, 1889. Shortly after the inaugural opening of the railroad, Francis B. Knowles became president of the Orlando-Winter Park Railroad Company. The original track spanned six miles from Orlando to Winter Park. The Dinky Line made eight round-trips per day and charged fifteen cents a ride. Students from Rollins College nicknamed the railroad the Dinky Line. By 1891, the Dinky Line extended to Oviedo. All of the tracks were removed by 1969 due to the popularity of the automobile.
Source
Coordinates compiled as part of a RICHES student project.
Is Part Of
Railroads in Central Florida Collection, Map Overlays Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
text/plain
Extent
1 KB
Medium
1 text file with latitude-longitude listing
Type
Line Overlay
Coverage
Goldenrod, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Oviedo, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.61126, -81.27891
28.61224, -81.27684
28.67683, -81.19859
Temporal Coverage
1889-01-02/1969-12-31
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Contributing Project
Curator
Phillips, Clayton
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
Source Repository
External Reference
"The Dinky Line," Winter Park Public Library, http://www.wppl.org/wphistory/winterparkbusiness/Dinky.htm.
Francke, Arthur E. Early Days of Seminole County, Florida. Seminole County Historical Commission in cooperation with Seminole County Community College, Office of Community Instructional Services, 1984.
"Episode 25: The Railways of Central Florida." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep25-RailwaysOfCentralFL.mp3.
Mulligan, Michael. Railroad Depots of Central Florida. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2008.
Murdock, R. Ken. Outline History of Central Florida Railroads. Winter Garden, Fla: Central Florida Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, 1997.
Turner, Gregg M. A Journey into Florida Railroad History. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2008.
Collection
Citation
“Orlando-Winter Park Railroad,” RICHES, accessed April 24, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/748.