Front cover of the Florida Coast Line Canal & Transportation Co. Report of 1885. Prospectus of the “Property and Prospects” of the company by St. Augustine civil engineer Robert E. O’Brien intended to induce new investors, many of whom had been early investors in the Bell Telephone enterprise. Large investors included George L. Bradley of Providence, Rhode Island, and Albert P. Sawyer of Newburyport, Massachusetts. (Courtesy, Fort Lauderdale Historical Society).
Florida’s Big Dig 