Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume I
Forfatter: Archibald Williams
År: 1945
Serie: Engineering Wonders of the World
Forlag: Thomas Nelson and Sons
Sted: London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York
Sider: 456
UDK: 600 eng - gl.
Volume I with 520 Illustrations, Maps and Diagrams
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A RAILWAY THROUGH THE SEA.
139
One boasts of 100-foot clearances each side of
a central pier, while there are two bridges with
40-foot clearances, and seven bridges with fixed
openings of 25 feet. The arches have openings
of from 50 to 60 feet.
No contractors were employed, the work
ready to begin work this afternoon, but I’d
like a few days to go home to Kansas City
and pack some things and see my family, as
I’ll have to be on this job for several years.”
In May 1905 construction work was begun.
By the following January ten camps, scattered
LONG KEY VIADUCT.
being carried out entirely by the Florida
East Coast Railway, which appointed Mr.
J. R. Parrott as the director of the works,
and Mr. J. C. Meredith as
The
_ . construction engineer. The
Engineers. . °
latter is a famous bridge-
builder, and is regarded by his brother engin-
eers as a man of much courage and resource-
fulness. He certainly showed these qualities
while engaged in the construction of this unique
railway. It is said that when Mr. Parrott
summoned him to confer with him, he ex-
pected that the engineer would demand a
month to look over the ground and another
month to make up his mind. To Mr. Par-
rott’s surprise, when the proposition was put
to him, and he was asked whether he was
prepared to undertake it, he replied, “ I am
Progress
of the
Work.
V
throughout the entire distance of the Floridan
Archipelago, had been established. By midsum-
mer these camps had doubled
themselves, and before 1906
was ten months old thirty were
in full swing. On January 22,
1907, the first passenger train ran to Knight’s
Key, 109 miles south of Miami, and only 47
miles from the ultimate end of the line at Key
West. It was a private train, and consisted
of two coaches. In the first sat Mr. Henry M.
Flagler (whose seventy-eight years only made
him the more boyishly keen to see the attain-
ment of his great ambition), his wife and
daughter, and their friends. The second coach
contained prominent officials of the line. In
crossing over the great viaduct at Long Key-
land is entirely lost to view, nothing appearing