As the 1912 deadline approached for the completion of the Florida waterway, George Francis Miles became increasingly disenchanted with his role as general manager of dredging operations. In 1911, Miles and others organized the Florida Coastal Inland Navigation Company to run steamboats on the completed portions of the inland waterway (Florida East Coast Canal). Shown [...]
Category: The “Swan”
The Steamboat “Swan” on a run in the Indian River, Fla.
On runs up and down the Florida East Coast Canal, which later became the Intracoastal Waterway, the flat-bottomed sternwheeler "Swan" was as light as "a dew drop" in transporting passengers, tourists, and commercial fruit and vegetables during the early part of the 1900's.
Florida’s Big Dig 