Plant System railroads

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Plant System railroads were a late 19th-century network of rail lines and steamship routes in the southeastern United States developed by transportation magnate Henry B. Plant.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad network
transportation system
contributedTo development of Florida tourism
economic development of the southeastern United States
country United States
dateMergedInto 1902
developer Henry B. Plant
focus freight traffic in the southeastern United States
tourist traffic to Florida
hasPart Alabama Midland Railway
Brunswick and Western Railroad
Charleston and Savannah Railway
Florida Southern Railway
Florida Southern Railway steamship lines
Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railroad
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway
Plant Steamship Line
Port Tampa facilities
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
South Florida Railroad
headquartersLocation Savannah, Georgia
linked to: Savannah
historicalPeriod Gilded Age
inception late 19th century
industry maritime transport industry
rail transport industry
locatedIn southeastern United States
mainHub Jacksonville, Florida
Savannah, Georgia
linked to: Savannah

Tampa, Florida
mergedInto Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
namedAfter Henry B. Plant
notableRoute Jacksonville–Tampa corridor
Savannah–Jacksonville corridor
connections to Key West by rail and steamship
operator Henry B. Plant
ownedBy Henry B. Plant
railGauge standard gauge
servedRegion Alabama
Atlantic coast of the United States
Cuba
Florida
Georgia
Gulf of Mexico
North Carolina
South Carolina
serviceType rail transport
steamship transport
usedFor freight transport
passenger transport

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Henry B. Plant Museum associatedWith Plant System railroads
Henry B. Plant hasPart Plant System railroads
Tampa Bay Hotel partOf Plant System of railroads and hotels
linked to: Plant System railroads