Sanford and St. Petersburg Railway

Sanford and St. Petersburg Railway

Orange Belt Railroad

Railroads--Florida

Plant, Henry Bradley, 1819-1899

Sanford (Fla.)

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company

Heathrow (Fla.)

Lake Mary (Fla.)

Longwood (Fla.)

Wekiva Springs (Fla.)

Altamonte Springs (Fla.)

Apopka (Fla.)

List of latitude and longitude coordinates for the portion of the Sanford and St. Petersburg Railway running through Central Florida.Originally called the Orange Belt Railroad, the Sanford and St. Petersburg Railway started in 1885-1889. The tracks started at Port Monroe and later extended into Sanford. The Orange Belt Railroad was unsuccessful and was taken over by the Plant System in 1893. Henry Plant changed the three foot gauge rails to four foot gauge. The entire railroad started in downtown Sanford and ran along the Jacksonville, Tampa, and Key West Railroad.

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

Heathrow, Florida

Lake Mary, Florida

Longwood, Florida

Wekiva Springs, Florida

Altamonte Springs, Florida

Apopka, Florida

Lockhart, Florida

28.82979, -81.32902

28.78697, -81.36283

28.77750, -81.36280

28.74583, -81.37352

28.71238, -81.38129

28.68589, -81.39253

28.64195, -81.44244

28.64005, -81.44472

1885-01-01/1893-12-31

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