Florida East Coast Railway
Dublin Core
Title
Florida East Coast Railway
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
Contributing Project
Curator
Phillips, Clayton
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
Source Repository
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.
External Reference Title
"History"
Collection
Citation
“Florida East Coast Railway,” RICHES, accessed December 9, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/749.