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  • FEC13 8 key west train
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The first passenger train, called Mr. Flagler’s Special, arriving at Key West on January 22, 1912. ©Flagler Museum Archives.

Historic photograph of Henry Flagler's first hotel, Hotel Ponce de Leon, in St. Augustine (now Flagler College). ©Flagler Museum Archives.

FEC workers clear the roadbed before laying down rail tracks. ©Flagler Museum Archives.

Guests in front of Flagler's 1,150-room Hotel Royal Poinciana (demolished) in Palm Beach, 1886. ©Flagler Museum Archives.

Workers lay rail tracks for the Florida East Coast Railway. ©Flagler Museum Archives.

Florida East Coast Railway train crossing Long Key Viaduct. ©Flagler Museum Archives.

Aerial of FEC railroad through Pigeon Key. ©Flagler Museum Archives.

Historic candid photograph of Henry Flagler sitting at Knights Key. ©Flagler Museum Archives.

  • FEC13 8 key west train
  • Hotel Ponce Hi res
  • K28 embankments
  • N2636 royal poinciana group
  • Railroad Construction
  • Long Key Viaduct no date
  • FEC pigeon key aerial
  • Candid at Knights Key opening 1908


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