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Early Florida East Coast Railway Information
Main Track 522.22 miles
Branches 2.17.02 miles
739.24 miles owned.

Incorporation Florida Coast & Gulf Railway Company 5/28/92
Jacksonville, St. Aug and Indian River Railway Company 10/31/1892
Florida East Coast Railway 9/3/1895

Purchased and Acquired Deeds by 4/4/1896:
Jax, St. Aug, Halifax River
St. Aug & Halifax River Railway
Atlantic & Western Railroad
St. Johns & Halifax River Railway
St. Johns Railway Company

Train service to Miami 4/22/96

Palatka Bridge Company 8/15/1888
Flagler bought 5/2/1892 - Bridge across St. Johns at Palatka

Ormond Bridge Company incorporated 6/18/88

Jacksonsville Bridge Company incorporated 11/9/1888
Construction started 1/89 - 1/20/90
Substructure Anderson and Barr
Superstructure Keystone Bridge Company
Gear and draw by Excelsior Iron Works

In St. Augustine the Union Depot was used by Jax, St. Aug, Halifax Rwy, St. Aug and North Beach, St. Johns Railway, St. Augustine and Palatka Rwy.
3/25/1892 Cost of depot property in St. Augustine 10 94/100 acres was 20,054.99 pd by
HM Flagler
Railway park


Two Lieutenants from the railroads associated with Henry Flagler:
James Ingraham
Joseph R. Parrott

1897 Stations from Jacksonville to St. Augustine
1. South Jax          1.2 miles
2. Phillips              2.4 miles
3. Bowden             4.7 miles
4. Summers           8.0 miles
5. Nesbit                9.5 miles
6. Eaton                10.7 miles
7. Greenland          12.8 miles
8. Bayard               15.3 miles
9. Pittsburg             15.9 miles
10. Clarksville          18.1 miles
11. Durbin               20.4 miles
12. Woodland           23.1 miles
13. Sampson            27.1 miles
14. Magnolia Grove   31.3
15. Vestibule "Y'        33.3
16 St. Augustine




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