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Lakeland—Fort Myers Line
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's Lakeland—Fort Myers Line was one of the railroad company's secondary main lines in Central and Southwest Florida. It was built incrementally between its namesake cities in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The line was extended south of Fort Myers, Florida, Fort Myers to Naples, Florida, Naples and beyond in the 1920s, which was designated as a branch line known as the Fort Myers Southern Branch. Parts of the line are still active today. Route description The Lakeland—Fort Myers Line began at the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line's Main Line (Atlantic Coast Line Railroad), Main Line just east of downtown Lakeland. From there, it ran southeast to Bartow, Florida, Bartow. After running though central Bartow, it continued south through Fort Meade, Florida, Fort Meade, Bowling Green, Florida, Bowling Green, Wauchula, Florida, Wauchula, and Zolfo Springs, Florida, Zolfo Springs. At a point near Gardner, it turned southwest and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871. In 1967, it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. Much of the original ACL network has been part of CSX Transportation since 1986. The Atlantic Coast Line served the Southeastern United States, Southeast, with a concentration of lines in Florida. Numerous named passenger trains were operated by the railroad for Florida-bound tourists, with the Atlantic Coast Line contributing significantly to Florida's economic development in the first half of the 20th century. At the end of 1925, ACL operated 4,924 miles of road, not including its flock of subsidiaries; after some merging, mileage at the end of 1960 was 5,570 not including A&WP, CN&L, East Carolina, Georgia, Rockingham, and V&CS. In 1960, ACL reported 10,623 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 490 million passen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DuPont—Lakeland Line
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's DuPont—Lakeland Line (R Line) was a historic rail line in southern Georgia (U.S. State), Georgia and the northern west coast of Florida. On employee timetables, the line was actually divided into the DuPont—High Springs Line (which was part of the company's Waycross District) and the High Springs—Lakeland Line (which was part of the company's Ocala District). The line was primarily used for freight, though some passenger services ran on parts of it in Florida. While parts of the line were built as early as 1863, the full line was not complete until 1913. Parts of the line in Florida are still active today. Route description The DuPont—Lakeland Line began in Du Pont, Georgia, DuPont, Georgia at the Atlantic Coast Line's Plant System, Waycross—Thomasville Line. From DuPont, it proceeded south into Florida and passing through Live Oak, Florida, Live Oak and Branford, Florida, Branford. From Branford, the line turned southeast to Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Bridge Company
The American Bridge Company is a heavy/civil construction firm that specializes in building and renovating bridges and other large, complex structures. Founded in 1900, the company is headquartered in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The firm has built many bridges in the U.S. and elsewhere; the Historic American Engineering Record notes at least 81. American Bridge has also built or helped build the Willis Tower, the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, launch pads, resorts, and more. During World War II, it produced tank landing ships (LSTs) for the United States Navy. In 2020, American Bridge Company was acquired by Southland Holdings LLC. History American Bridge Company was founded in April 1900, when J.P. Morgan & Co. led a consolidation of 28 of the largest U.S. steel fabricators and constructors. The company's roots extend to the late 1860s, when one of the consolidated firms, Keystone Bridge Company, built the Eads Bridge at St. Louis, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swing Bridge
A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that can be rotated horizontally around a vertical axis. It has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravity, about which the swing span (turning span) can then pivot horizontally as shown in the animated illustration to the right. In its closed position, a swing bridge carrying a road or railway over a river or canal, for example, allows traffic to cross. When a water vessel needs to pass the bridge, road traffic is stopped (usually by traffic signals and barriers), and then motors rotate the bridge horizontally about its pivot point. The typical swing bridge will rotate approximately 90 degrees, or one-quarter turn; however, a bridge which intersects the navigation channel at an oblique angle may be built to rotate only 45 degrees, or one-eighth turn, in order to clear the channel. Small swing bridges as found over narrow canals may be pivo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caloosahatchee River
The Caloosahatchee River is a river on the southwest Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of Florida in the United States, approximately long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 18, 2011 It drains rural areas on the northern edge of the Everglades, east of Fort Myers. An important link in the Okeechobee Waterway, a manmade inland waterway system of southern Florida, the river forms a tidal estuary along most of its course and has become the subject of Restoration of the Everglades, efforts to restore and preserve the Everglades. Description The river issues from Lake Hicpochee, in southeastern Glades County, Florida, Glades County, approximately west of Clewiston, Florida, Clewiston. It flows west-southwest past LaBelle, Florida, LaBelle, where it becomes tidal, forming an estuary along its lower . It broadens as it nears the gulf, passing Fort Myers, Florida, Fort Myers and Cape Coral, Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tice, Florida
Tice is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP population was 4,853. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Tice is in north-central Lee County at (26.674815, -81.817565). It is bordered to the south and west by the city of Fort Myers, the county seat. Its northern edge is the Caloosahatchee River. Florida State Road 80 (Palm Beach Boulevard) is the main road through the community, leading northeast to Interstate 75 and southwest to the center of Fort Myers. Going farther east, SR 80 leads to LaBelle and to Clewiston near Lake Okeechobee. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Tice CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 12.31%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 4,538 people, 1,556 households, and 1,026 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Walters
Henry Walters (September 26, 1848 – November 30, 1931) was noted as an art collector and philanthropist, a founder of the Walters Art Gallery (now the Walters Art Museum) in Baltimore, Maryland, which he donated to the city in his 1931 will for the benefit of the public. From the late 19th century, Walters lived most of the time in New York City, where from 1903 on, he served on the executive committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was selected as second vice president in 1913, a position he held until his death. Like his father William Thompson Walters, (1820–1894), he was a businessman in the railroad industry, serving as president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (1894–1902), which had been established by his father. Early life and education Walters was born in 1848 to William Thompson Walters, (1820–1894), a businessman who later founded the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Henry graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., in 1869. He did gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collier County, Florida
Collier County is a county (United States), county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 375,752; an increase of 16.9% since the 2010 United States Census. Its county seat is East Naples, Florida, East Naples, where the county offices were moved from Everglades City, Florida, Everglades City in 1962. Collier County comprises the Naples, Florida, Naples–Marco Island, Florida, Marco Island Metropolitan statistical area, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which, along with the Cape Coral-Fort Myers (Lee County) MSA and the Clewiston, Florida, Clewiston (Hendry County, Florida, Hendry County, Glades County, Florida, Glades County) Micropolitan Statistical Area (Micropolitan statistical area, μSA), is included in the Cape Coral, Florida, Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida, Fort Myers-Naples Combined statistical area, Combined Statistical Area (CSA). History Archaeology at Platt Island in the Big Cypress National Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barron Collier
Barron Gift Collier (March 23, 1873 – March 13, 1939) was an American advertising entrepreneur who became the largest private landowner and developer in Florida, as well as the owner of a chain of hotels, bus lines, several banks, newspapers, a telephone company, and a steamship line. History Collier was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He quit school at 16 to work for the Illinois Central Railroad. He founded the Consolidated Street Railway Advertising Company of New York City within four years. In 1907, Barron Collier married Juliet Gordon Carnes, also a native of Memphis. In 1911, they visited Fort Myers, Florida on vacation and became interested in the area. They bought Useppa Island in Lee County, Florida, Lee County for $100,000. Over the next decade, the Colliers went on to acquire more than of land in Southwest Florida. His holdings were from Ten Thousand Islands to Useppa Island and from present-day Naples, Florida, Naples into the Everglades City, Florida, Everglades Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Florida
The governor of Florida is the head of government of the U.S. state of Florida. The Governor (United States), governor is the head of the Government of Florida#Executive branch, executive branch of the government of Florida and is the commander-in-chief of the Florida National Guard and Florida State Guard. Established in the Constitution of Florida, the governor's responsibilities include ensuring the enforcement of Law of Florida, state laws, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Florida Legislature, overseeing List of Florida state agencies, state agencies, issuing State executive order, executive orders, proposing and overseeing the state budget, and making key appointments to state offices. The governor also has the power to call special sessions of the legislature and grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment. When Florida was first acquired by the United States, future president Andrew Jackson served as its military governor. Florida Territory wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert W
Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s * Albert Czech Republic, a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Music, an Australian music company now known as Alberts ** Albert Productions, a record label * Albert (organisation), an environmental organisation concerning film and television productions Entertainment * ''Albert'' (1985 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil * ''Albert'' (2015 film), a film by Karsten Kiilerich * ''Albert'' (2016 film), an American TV movie * ''Albert'' (album), by Ed Hall, 1988 * "Albert" (short story), by Leo Tolstoy * Albert (comics), a character in Marvel Comics * Albert (''Discworld''), a character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series * Albert, a character in Dario Argento's 1977 film '' Suspiria'' People * Albert (given name) * Albert (surname) * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
