Florida East Coast Railway

RR002.txt

Dublin Core

Title

Alternative Title

Florida East Coast Railway

Subject

Railroads--Florida

Florida East Coast Railway

Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830-1913

Description

List of latitude and longitude coordinates for the portion of the Florida East Coast Railway running through Central Florida. Henry Flagler, prominent entrepreneur known throughout the state of Florida, founded the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) in 1895 after purchasing the Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Halifax, and Indian River Railroads. Flagler soon purchased other railroad companies and eventually spanned the whole state from Jacksonville to Key West. The FEC line runs through Seminole County just north of Lake Harney and continues south through Geneva and Chuluota. It eventually runs South into Orange County and ends in Lake Okeechobee.

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

Deep Creek, Florida

Geneva, Florida

Oviedo, Florida

Chuluota, Florida

Spatial Coverage

28.79444, -81.05756

28.79317, -81.05914

28.67458, -81.13153

28.62998, -81.12994

Temporal Coverage

1895-01-01/2014-12-31

Accrual Method

Item Creation

Mediator

History Teacher

Economics Teacher

Geography Teacher

Rights Holder

RICHES of Central Florida

Contributing Project

Building Blocks

Curator

Phillips, Clayton

Marra, Katherine

Digital Collection

RICHES MI

Source Repository

RICHES of Central Florida

External Reference

"History." Florida East Coast Railway. http://fecrwy.com/about/history.

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.

Bramson, Seth. Speedway to Sunshine: The Story of the Florida East Coast Railway. Erin, ON: Boston Mills Press, 2003.

"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.