Between the Mainland of Florida and Key West

Between the Mainland of Florida and Key West: © Key West Art & Historical Society
Between the Mainland of Florida and Key West

© Key West Art & Historical Society

Name/Title

Between the Mainland of Florida and Key West

Entry/Object ID

2024.24.0046

Description

Postcard of Pigeon Key with a Florida East Coast Railway train crossing the Seven Mile Bridge. Notation on verso, 'Stretching almost seven miles across the opens sea, this is the longest bridge in the F. E. C. land of Florida and Key West. It consists of steel deck girders anchored on huge concrete piers. In this bridge there are 316 eighty-foot spans, 19 sixty-foot spans, finished off with 210 fifty-three foot concrete arches at the south end.'

Subject Place

City

Pigeon Key

County

Monroe

State/Province

Florida

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Collection

Postcard Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Postcard Details

Postcard Type

Linen (1930-1945)

Place Published

City

Milwaukee

State/Province

Wisconsin

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Photographer

Florida East Coast Railway

Primary Language

English

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in