USA ~ Pigeon Key - Florida ~

... Amazing aerial view of Pigeon Key located in Florida Keys... a piece of history about halfway on the famous "old" Henry Flagher's Seven mile bridge... it consists of two bridges, running parallel to each other... the original bridge was built for the railroad, and then converted for automobile use... however, it wasn’t ever really wide enough for this purpose, and the new bridge was built next to it in 1978... the modern bridge is open to vehicular traffic, whereas some parts of the older bridge only open for walking and cyclists... one of the most beautiful walks across an ocean anywhere... the views over the endlessly vibrant blue ocean are gorgeous🌊... also accessible by ferry from a visitor center at Knight’s Key on the west end of Marathon... this tiny island is a collection of historic structures and a small museum about the history of Pigeon Key... the Bridge has been featured in the films Licence to Kill, True Lies, The Haunted Mansion, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Mission Impossible III... Thanks a  lot Glenn! (✿ ♥‿♥)

Key West is the southernmost city in the US. It is an archipelago, just of the coast in southern Florida.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this five-acre property served as a home base for railroad workers erecting and later operating the final installment of Henry M. Flagler’s Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railway: the Old Seven-Mile Bridge.

More than 400 workers lived in the railroad village on Pigeon Key, which had a post office, commissary and one-room school, during the Seven Mile Bridge’s construction from 1908 to 1912. Following its completion, maintenance crews continued living on the island.

A hurricane destroyed the railway in 1935, and a state highway was built to replace it.

Photo: L. Fisher

Stamps:

Grapes
(Issued 19-02-2016)

2X The 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Mission to the Moon
(Issued 19-07-2019)