{"product_id":"the-greatest-railroad-story-ever-told-henry-flagler-the-florida-east-coast-railways-key-west-extension-9781609493998","title":"The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told: Henry Flagler \u0026 the Florida East Coast Railway's Key West Extension","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlthough several people had considered constructing a railroad to Key West beginning in the early 1800s, it took a bold industrialist with unparalleled vision to make it happen.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1902, Henry Flagler made the decision to extend the Florida East Coast Railway to \"the nearest deepwater American port.\" In this book, renowned Florida historian Seth H. Bramson reveals how the Key West Extension of the Flagler-owned FEC became the greatest railroad engineering and construction feat in U.S., and possibly world, history, an accomplishment that would cement Flagler's fame and legend for all time. Join Bramson as he recounts the years of operation of this great railroad, what it did for the Florida Keys and what it meant to the resident conchs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609493998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 266\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seth H. Bramson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661889368220,"sku":"9781609493998","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3ec4e644-946e-4f08-8cf2-10eda7a6145f.jpg?v=1603900508","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-greatest-railroad-story-ever-told-henry-flagler-the-florida-east-coast-railways-key-west-extension-9781609493998","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}