History Homer Harvey and its Beginnings Located just south of Crawfordville, Pat Harvey’s unique collection of rusted Ford cars and trucks sits in a field overgrown with vines and grass, neatly...
History Homer Harvey and its Beginnings Located just south of Crawfordville, Pat Harvey’s unique collection of rusted Ford cars and trucks sits in a field overgrown with vines and grass, neatly...
Established in 1992, Wings Aviation was a business located in Building 903 at Miami International Airport and repaired aircraft and heavy equipment. The services they provided are described below:...
According to the company website: “Rubber hoses made back in the early 1900s were comprised of pure gum rubber tapped from the Amazonian trees, which often grow more than 100 feet high. The...
A Brief History of Phosphate Mining in Florida Noralyn Mine is a phosphate mine located in the Bone Vallery region of Florida. The Hawthorn Foundation is a layer of clay and limestone deposited...
Claude Nolan, Auto Pioneer Born in Sanford, Florida, Claude Nolan relocated to Jacksonville during his childhood. He attended Duval County High School before pursuing higher education at Vanderbilt...
Balbin Bros. Cigar Factory The story of West Tampa’s former Balbin Brothers Cigar Factory dates back to 1904 when the three-story brick Romanesque Revival style building was built for the...
Information came from the book, “Lost Miami: Stories and Secrets Behind Magic City Ruins” which can be purchased from Abandoned Atlas. Royal Crown Company Inc., originally called the Union Bottling...
Photo Credit: The Ledger Located on Prairie Mine Road near Mulberry, the massive structure made of 28,000 tons of steel-reinforced concrete was built in 1909 by the Prairie Pebble Phosphate Company...
In 1962, American Beryllium relocated from a nearby building to a new five-building facility at 1600 Tallevast Road, just east of its original location in the former Spindrift facility. From 1962...
East Everglades Closures. The Tower Tract lies within #422. Access is via a single lane paved road east of SW 237th Ave. The road is currently gated. At the end of the road is the collapsing shell of...
Up until the early 1930s, South Florida was mostly inhospitable swampland. It wasn’t until after the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers set out to build a levee...
Photo of the facility after its closure The ACCO Aerated Concrete Systems plant in Apopka, Florida was first built in 1969, when General Electric opened a new factory as part of GE’s lighting...
Theodore Strawn’s packing house for Bob White oranges, c. 1910s. Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida The Strawn Citrus Packing House District is a historic district containing twelve...
History of the Aerojet Dade Rocket Facility In 1957, Sputnik was launched, becoming the first human-made object to orbit the Earth. This event sparked a space race between the United States and the...
Photo Credit: Florida Photographic Collection, 1920s – The Brewster power plant The town of Brewster was founded in 1910 to accommodate the workers at the time who spent the day working at the...
V. Guerra, Diaz & Company, “La Mega” Cigar Factory. 1939. Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System V. Guerra, Diaz Cigar Company Originally known as El Modelo, this three...
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