Railroad Tracks leading to Port Mayaca Lift Bridge

Port Mayaca Lift Bridge

Port Mayaca Lift Bridge

     FEC Port Mayaca Florida lift bridge is a pony through plate girder bridge over the Saint Lucie Canal.  It was built by Waddell and Harrington of Kansas City, Missouri. It was used by FEC Railroad, South Central Florida Express, and South Central Florida Railroad.

     The Saint Lucie Canal is a man made structure built from 1916 to 1924.  The canal is 8 feet deep. It was built to divert flood waters from Lake Okeechobee to the south Fork of the Saint Lucie River into the Saint Lucie Estuary, a component of the Indian River Lagoon.  There are locks and dams at either end of the canal.

Seminole Inn

Seminole Inn

     Seminole Inn aka Seminole Country Inn is located at 15885 SW Warfield Boulevard, Indiantown, Florida.  It was built for S. Davies Warfield (President of Seaboard Airline Railroad) in 1926. The architect was Harvey Henry Stephen  Building style was Mediterranean Revival. Construction costs were $66,000.  Originally, the inn was used to accommodate guests of Warfield and railroad dignitaries.

Seminole Inn

     Over the years, the Seminole Inn was owned by by the Wall family.  They did multiple renovations of the building over the years.

     The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 31, 2006

Seminole Inn

Seminole Inn

Seminole Inn

Seminole Inn

Seminole Inn

Seminole Inn

FEC Railroad Station, Stuart, Florida

     The FEC Railroad Station in Stuart was located at the corner of Flagler Avenue and East Ocean Boulevard.  It was built in 1913.  Passenger service was discontinued in the mid 1960’s.  The station was eventually  torned down in 1969

      This bridge carries Main Street over the Musako River.  It was built in 1938. It was built by the Hamilton Bridge Company of Hamilton, Canada.  The bridge type is metal rivet connected polygonal Warren Pony truss, movable swing center bearing center pier and approach span: concrete rigid frame fixed.  The swing feature of the bridge no longer is operational.

     The main span length is 175 feet. The structure length is 240 feet.  There is one main span and one approach span.

   The bridge is featured in many scenes in the movie A Veterans Christmas.

     There wa apparently a prior bridge at this site.

Huntsville Canada Swing Bridge

Huntsville Canada Swing Bridge

    This station is located at 198 Second Avenue West. It was built in 1915.  The station was designed by George Briggs. The building has key stoned rounded head arches over the window and doors. The western.facade has a triangular pediment with the CNO logo.There is an adjacent large portico. There were  separate entrances for men and women waiting rooms.

North Bay, Ontario Canadian National Railway Station

  This station is currently almost totally demolished.  After it ceased being used a passenger terminal, it was used by O’Reilly Brothers building supply company.  For the last several years, it sat abandoned.

Demolition of Seaboard Airline Railroad Station, Fort Myers

Same as above

O’Reilly Building Supply Company

Seaboard Airline Railroad Station Deserted

Same as above