Towns and districts · project
Overseas Railroad
Key West extension of the FEC · Homestead
- Filed, approved or opened
- 1905 to 1935
- Community
- Homestead · municipality
- Status as of 11 September 2026
- closed 1935
- Historical state
- pre Andrew
- Connections
- 3 edges, 3 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.004 (rank 78 of 371) · moves and capital only 0.000 (rank 77)
- Confidence
- Medium · sources: [T38] (register) · source upgrade flagged
Work on the Key West extension starts from Homestead in 1905 after William J. Krome's surveys, and Flagler rides the first train into Key West on 22 January 1912. The 1935 Labor Day hurricane destroys more than 40 miles of track and the line is abandoned.
Connections
Lineage
- grew out ofFlorida East Coast Railway extension to HomesteadThe Homestead line becomes the mainland leg of the Key West extension1905
Plans, funding, partners
- planned byWilliam J. KromeKrome recommends the Keys route and the extension is built 1905 to 19121905 to 1912
Influence
- shaped by1935 Labor Day hurricaneMore than 40 miles of track washed away; line abandoned1935
Located
- located inHomesteadSits in Homestead by address or centroid1905