Flagler Station Museum Key West - YCTV

http://www.yctv.tv/keywest/ - In May 1905, Henry Flagler was 75 years old and ready to begin the most daring and difficult venture of his life. He proposed to build a railroad 130 miles out to sea and instructed his engineers, "Go to Key West." Key West was, at the time, the largest city in the state and strategically located in the Straits of Florida. It was America's closest deep water harbor to the new Panama Canal.
Combating mosquitoes, hurricanes, labor problems and the wilderness, the railroad took seven years to complete.
On January 22, 1912 at 10:43 a.m. the first New York to Key West train arrived in the Southernmost City with Henry and his third wife, Mary Lily, aboard. The Key West Extension was considered Flagler's greatest triumph and the grand culmination of his legendary career.
Located at the corner of Caroline and Margaret Streets on the site of the old Margaret Street railway spur at the entrance to the Key West Historic Seaport, 901 Caroline Street, Key West, FL 33040

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