The legend shows the details of the plan, which you should study carefully. Although none of the expansion will be paid for by imposing increased property taxes on Broward County property owners, one should take heed of the amount of mangrove land to be eliminated to accommodate Port expansion in the light blue rectangle to [...]
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The Chief of Engineers recommends Port Everglades, Fla. expansion on Friday, June 26, 2015
On Friday, June 26, 2015, the the Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommended to Congress the expansion of Port Everglades, Fla., as requested by the Broward County Commission. Broward County has now been given the 'green light' to allow the Port to compete with many of the ports on the [...]
“Colored” troops disembarking from a steamer returning from the war in Cuba
http://youtu.be/9AOf30Fk0gU Rare footage recorded on Thomas Edison Moving Picture paper film in May 1898 at Tampa, Florida. This film records African-American troops walking down a steep plank as they disembark a troop steamer in May 1898 returning from fighting in Cuba during the short-lived Spanish American War. The plank was especially steep because the disembarkation [...]
West Coast Business Leaders Urge Capitalizing on the Panama Canal
TAMPA BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL Government, business leaders urge capitalizing on canal expansion Oct 30, 2014, 2:47pm EDT Wade Millward Former Florida Senator George LeMieux listens to the business panel at a global trade symposium Thursday. LeMieux, now with the Gunster law firm, gave the event's final presentation on the importance of global trade. Wade Millward [...]
President Theodore Roosevelt operating a Dredge in the Culebra Cut of the Panama Canal
The Culebra Cut was the most difficult of all the dredging operations in the digging of the Panama Canal. Capt. David Gaillard, of French Hugenot ancestry, was chief of dredging operations at the Cut and a cousin of Henry Gaillard. Henry had been one of the four original incorporators of the Florida canal company, the [...]