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	Absolute immunity of the Corp of Engineers for flood damage - Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. United States, 519 ...
		Florida East Coast on its cross-appeal insists that the United States is not immune, under 33 U.S.C. § 702c, from liability for its negligence in the construction of this project.
		Florida East Coast submits that the district court erred in several respects in determining that the United States is statutorily immune from liability for damages resulting from the government's negligence in the planning or installation of a flood control project.
		Thus Florida East Coast is unlike the majority of plaintiffs who seek to append state claims to federal questions in that it does not have the option of going to state court if it wishes to have all its claims resolved at once.
	biotech.law.lsu.edu /cases/immunity/florida-east.htm (6055 words)

	Flager Museum - Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Flagler obtained a charter from the state of Florida authorizing him to build a railroad along the Indian River to Miami and as the railroad progressed southward, cities such as New Smyrna and Titusville began to develop along the tracks.
		To further convince Flagler to continue the railroad to Miami, he was offered land from private landowners, the Florida East Coast Canal and Transportation Company, and the Boston and Florida Atlantic Coast Land Company in exchange for laying rail tracks.
		Linking the entire east coast of Florida, a state that at the time was largely an uninhabited frontier, demanded a great deal of foresight and perseverance.
	www.flaglermuseum.us /html/fec.html (922 words)

	Overseas Highway - The Florida Keys
		Florida was pretty unsettled at that point so, to make his hotels more accessible, he purchased and rebuilt a short-line railroad company, thus entering the railroad business.
		The Florida East Coast Railroad was willed to her brothers and sisters who kept it until its bankruptcy in the 1930s.
		The railroad's right-of-way was sold to the State of Florida for $640,000.
	floridakeys.com /overseashighway.htm (1838 words)

	Henriques to head Florida East Coast; railroad subsidiary to retain role as profit rainmaker
		Today, Florida East Coast Industries Inc. (FECI) named Adolfo Henriques chairman, president and chief executive officer to succeed Robert Anestis, who plans to leave the company in late March, ending his six-year tenure as top executive.
		This year, FECI officials expect the railroad's revenue to increase between 5 percent and 9 percent to about $218 million, and operating profit to increase between 10 percent and 14 percent to about $54 million.
		FECR's capital expenditures are projected to range between $30 million and $36 million.
	www.progressiverailroading.com /freightnews/article.asp?id=6277 (337 words)

	In 1912, a proud Henry Flagler rode the first train into Key West, marking the completion of the Florida East Coast ...
		Palm Beach was to be the terminus of the Flagler railroad, but during 1894 and 1895, severe freezes hit the area, causing Flagler to rethink his original decision not to move the railroad south.
		In September 1895, Flagler's system was incorporated as the Florida East Coast Railway Company and by 1896, it reached Biscayne Bay, the largest and most accessible harbor on Florida's east coast.
		Never one to rest on his laurels, Flagler next sought perhaps his greatest challenge: the extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city of almost 20,000 inhabitants located 128 miles beyond the end of the Florida peninsula.
	overseasrailroad.railfan.net /dream.htm (1083 words)

	Park Summary for Print - Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park » Florida State Parks
		After the railroad was built, the quarry was used until the 1960s to produce exquisite pieces of decorative stone called Keystone.
		The Russell family lived on the land until it was sold to the Florida East Coast Railway in 1908 for $852.80.
		From that time, until the final completion of the Overseas Railroad, the quarries along the tract were used to supply thousands of tons of fill for the railbed and the bridge approaches.
	www.floridastateparks.org /windleykey/ParkSummary.cfm (919 words)

	Florida East Coast Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Palm Beach was to be the terminus of the Flagler railroad, but during 1894 and 1895, severe freezes hit all of Central Florida whereas the Miami area remained unaffected, causing Flagler to rethink his original decision not to move the railroad south of Palm Beach.
		The Florida East Coast Railway was financially unable to rebuild the destroyed sections, so the roadbed and remaining bridges were sold to the State of Florida, which built the Overseas Highway to Key West, using much of the remaining railway infrastructure.
		The Florida East Coast Railway continues to operate from its headquarters in St. Augustine using nearly the same route developed by Flagler (the Moultrie Cutoff was built in 1925 to shorten the distance south of St.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Florida_East_Coast_Railroad (3579 words)

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		Florida’s Gold Coast has much to offer for those who are looking for sun and fun with peace and tranquility.
		The coast is lined with pristine beaches open to the public as well as time-share condos and cottages to rent along the sparkling blue-green waters of the Atlantic Ocean where one can soak away the winter blahs in the warm Florida sun.
		The Florida Keys are as far south as one can go and are the most tropical of Paradises here in the U.S. http://www.clydeskeywest.com/ From this link can be found all that a heart can desire for leisurely sport fishing to Scuba diving, beaches, and more.
	www.issues-mag.com /sept3/florida.phtml (1869 words)

	Henry Flagler - Top 50 Most Important Floridians of the 20th Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The second: a man who paved the way for tourism as he built the east coast of Florida with a renewed sense of compassion.
		Born in 1830 in Hopewell, N.Y., the man with the bushy mustache and hair parted down the middle was one of the state's most glamorous developers -- and the namesake of the state's 53rd county.
		Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad stretched from St. Augustine to Key West, complementing his string of luxury lodgings that included the Breakers in Palm Beach County.
	www.theledger.com /static/top50/pages/flagler.html (433 words)

	florida_city_key_west_fl_fec
		Perhaps the most famous (or infamous) abandoned railroad in the US, the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railroad was completed by 1912 and was considered a miracle of modern engineering.
		The "railroad that went to sea" traveled over a large number of bridges in the 127 miles from Florida City to Key West, the longest one spanning 7 miles.
		The cost to rebuild the line was too great, and Florida East Coast sold it to the government.
	abandonedrailroads.homestead.com /florida_city_key_west_fl_fec.html (471 words)

	Florida East Coast Industries : Home
		Florida East Coast Industries encompasses a diverse and unique portfolio of assets in one of the nation’s largest and most dynamic marketplaces.
		FECR is a regional freight railroad that operates 351 miles of mainline track from Jacksonville to Miami and provides intermodal drayage services at terminals located in Atlanta, Jacksonville, Ft. Pierce, Ft. Lauderdale and Miami.
		Florida East Coast Industries is headquartered in St. Augustine, Florida, where the origins of our businesses date to the late 19th century.
	www.feci.com (225 words)

	Henry Flagler biography (The Man Who Invented Florida) [Free Republic]
		In 1885, Florida south of St. Augustine was a largely uninhabited swampland.
		Yet a quarter of a century later the eastern coast of Florida was flourishing with hotels, tourists, cities, agriculture, and a railroad system that extended all the way down the state to Key West.
		The problem with Florida railroads at that time was that they used different rail gauges to run their railroads on.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b619dc85bba.htm (1730 words)

	Florida Steam Locomotives
		It was later moved to the Florida Gulf Coast Railroad Museum in Parrish.
		Railroad Museum of South Florida at the Lakes Park and Gulf Railroad Train Village in 1995.
		In 1984 she was sold to the state of Florida and in 1986 she was placed on display at the State Agriculture Department Offices in Tallahassee.
	www.steamlocomotive.com /florida (2971 words)

	Overseas Railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Overseas Railroad (also known as Florida Overseas Railroad) was the extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city of almost 20,000 inhabitants located 128 miles beyond the end of the Florida peninsula.
		Returning to Florida in 1881, he became the builder and developer of resort hotels and railroads along the east coast of Florida.
		The portion of the Overseas Railroad in the Middle Keys was heavily damaged and partially destroyed in the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, a Category 5 hurricane which is often called "The Storm of the Century".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Florida_Overseas_Railroad (822 words)

	The Seventh Congressional District of Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		This will be one of the few rails with trails projects in Florida, providing both railroad transportation and recreation with the same corridor.
		This portion of the trail will be designated as part of the East Coast Greenway and the St. Johns River Heritage Blueway.
		In the Town of Hastings, Railroad Park is being developed as a trailhead located at the end of Main Street.
	www.house.gov /mica/projtrailsap.htm (273 words)

	The official Florida East Coast Railway unauthorized web page
		FECRS members live across the entire FEC mainline, the state of Florida, nine other U.S. states, and even four other countries.
		The President of the Florida East Coast Railway is a member of the Florida East Coast Railway Society.
		On September 27-29, the FECRS membership will be holding their 1st annual meeting and convention at the Comfort Inn located in the Historic St.
	www.fecrailway.com (2179 words)

	Florida Bed and Breakfast Inns: South East Florida and the Florida Keys
		The refuge is the last remaining in a chain of rescue stations established by the Coast Guard in the 19th century.
		The historic complex is comprised of the Florida History Center and Museum, a Florida cracker-style building featuring the "History Shaped by Nature" exhibit; the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, the county's oldest structure; and the DuBois Pioneer Home, the county's oldest home and repository for historical artifacts.
		Visitors will be astounded by the Southeast Florida's diverse ecosystems, ranging from the huge freshwater Lake Okeechobee and the mystery and majesty of the Everglades, to the underwater splendor of Biscayne National Park and the brilliant coral kingdom of the Florida Keys.
	www.florida-inns.com /South-East/south-east.shtml (7871 words)

	MELBOURNE, FLORIDA
		Henry M Flagler, Florida East Coast Railroad owner, was influenced to extend his railroad south from Rockledge by a Melbourne resident, E P Branch.
		The headwaters of Crane Creek (campus of Florida Tech) was an area settled by panthers and was commonly referred to as "Cathead."
		The building was considered the best and probably the most beautiful church building on the Florida east coast south of Daytona Beach.
	travel.nostalgiaville.com /florida/melbourne/melbourne11503.htm (2163 words)

	Gold Coast Railroad Museum - Passenger Cars - FEC Coach Belleglade
		As with many railroads, the FEC maintained the tradition of naming its cars for on line cities and throughout its career on the FEC, the Belleglade never received a number.
		Later, in 1967, the 6262 was transferred to the newly formed Seaboard Coast Line railroad and continued to operate in revenue service until the formation of Amtrak in 1971.
		Frank L. Kerr was a Pennsylvania Railroad conductor in service from Pittsburgh to Crestline, Ohio, for almost 40 years, and was the grandfather of Mr.
	www.goldcoast-railroad.org /bell.htm (580 words)

	Exploring Florida Documents: East Coast of Florida
		The long, double coast line is an outstanding feature of the East Coast of Florida, a series of lovely islands and palm-fringed peninsulas forming a protective barrier for its great salt-water lagoons Matanzas River, Halifax River, Indian River and Lake Worth.
		The resorts of the East Coast are of infinite variety, but are particularly notable for the hard white sand beaches and splendid rolling surf of the ocean and the sheltered salt rivers for fishing and boating along the Inland Waterway.
		The Gulf Stream and the intricate maze of waters threading the coast also prevent extremes of temperature and give the East Coast a climate remarkable the year round for its equability and refreshing mildness.
	fcit.usf.edu /florida/docs/e/eastc.htm (3991 words)

	Florida East Coast Rwy - A Personal Perspective
		The Gold Coast Railroad Museum has a first-class collection of historically significant railroad equipment and fixtures.
		There are four tracks that fan out from a switch on the old SCL branch to Florida City (which is now used exclusively for museum train rides).
		The town of Princeton was a stop on the FEC's Florida City branch, and its depot was removed in the 1960's to Crandon Park on Key Biscayne.
	www.geocities.com /myfecrailway/goldcoast.html (428 words)

	Florida East Coast Industries News
		Florida East Coast Industries News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		The Florida Department of Transportation will host a public hearing this week to get feedback on ideas for a new commuter rail service along the old Florida East Coast Railway.
		Florida East Coast Industries Inc. Thursday beat analysts' forecasts for third-quarter earnings, with both its railroad and commercial real estate divisions posting higher revenue.
	www.topix.net /com/fla (722 words)

	Florida East Coast Industries : About
		Over the decades, Florida East Coast Industries has assembled an impressive collection of assets that simply cannot be replicated today.
		Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) operates a Class II freight railroad along a
		It serves the densely populated east coast of Florida and is the only rail-service provider to the Port of Palm Beach, Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale) and the Port of Miami.
	www.feci.com /about (290 words)

	Amazon.com: Speedway to Sunshine: The Story of the Florida East Coast Railway: Books: Seth Bramson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		For all the fans of the Florida East Coast Railway, this is the Bible of the FEC history.
		If you are into the great history of the development of the east coast of Florida and the railroad that went to Key West, then this is the book.
		Whether or not you have any interest in the Florida East Coast Railway when you start this book, you certainly will by the time you finish as his passion is contaigious.
	www.amazon.com /Speedway-Sunshine-Story-Florida-Railway/dp/1550463586 (1416 words)

	The Florida East Coast Railway -- Page One
		The FEC has survived years of mergermania to become the last truly independent "steam era" railroad in a land of look-alike giants.
		Here is a short look at the railroad from my three visits to Florida in 2000, '02 and '03.
		They are arranged in geographical order from north to south and cover the railroad from Jacksonville to Jupiter.
	www.trainweb.org /eastrail/fec_1.html (402 words)

	Historical Press Release The Breakers
		Until his death in 1 913, Flagler established along the east coast of Florida an extraordinary legacy of which The Breakers is a monumental part.
		As the Florida East Coast Railroad opened up this sparsely settled region to development and tourism, Flagler acquired or constructed resort hotels along the coast.
		Led by William R. Kenan,Jr., president of both the Florida East Coast Hotel Company and the Florida East Coast Railway Company and the brother of Flagler's wife, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler, they showed the same determination and vision as Flagler himself.
	jan.ucc.nau.edu /~jah3/breaker_1.htm (1423 words)

	Indiana Transportation Museum - Equipment - Florida East Coast #90 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Florida East Coast (FEC) No. 90 is a private railroad car built by Jackson & Sharp of Wilmington, Delaware, in 1898.
		Most private cars were built for railroad executives with costs limited by the ever watchful stockholders.
		FEC No. 90 continued to serve the Florida East Coast Railroad until the late 1950's when it was purchased by Ike Duffey of Carmel, president of the Central Indiana Railroad.
	www.itm.org /equipment/flagler.htm (375 words)

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