Plant System of railroads and steamships

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The Plant System of railroads and steamships was a late 19th- and early 20th-century American transportation network that combined extensive railway lines with steamship services, primarily serving the southeastern United States and the Caribbean.

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Plant System of railroads and steamships canonical 3

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad system ⓘ
steamship line ⓘ
transportation network ⓘ
connectedTo Cuba ⓘ
Havana, Cuba ⓘ
Key West, Florida ⓘ
Nassau, Bahamas ⓘ
linked to: Nassau
country United States ⓘ
dateMergedInto 1902 ⓘ
dissolved early 20th century ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Plant Steamship Line ⓘ
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway ⓘ
South Florida Railroad ⓘ
Tampa and Key West Railroad ⓘ
headquartersLocation Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Savannah
historicalEra Gilded Age ⓘ
inception late 19th century ⓘ
industry railway industry ⓘ
shipping industry ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
majorHub Brunswick, Georgia ⓘ
Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Charleston

Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Savannah

Tampa, Florida ⓘ
mergedInto Atlantic Coast Line Railroad ⓘ
namedAfter Henry B. Plant ⓘ
notableFor development of Florida tourism ⓘ
expansion of port facilities at Tampa ⓘ
integrated rail and steamship services ⓘ
operator Plant Investment Company ⓘ
owner Henry B. Plant ⓘ
regionServed Caribbean ⓘ
Southeastern United States ⓘ
serviceType coastal shipping ⓘ
freight rail transport ⓘ
intercity rail ⓘ
passenger rail transport ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ
steamship transport ⓘ
terminus Jacksonville, Florida ⓘ
Port Tampa ⓘ
linked to: Port of Tampa

Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Savannah
usedFor tourist travel to Florida and the Caribbean ⓘ
transport of agricultural products ⓘ
transport of phosphate and other minerals ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plant Hall → operatorAtOpening → Plant System of railroads and steamships ⓘ
Henry B. Plant → notableFor → Plant System of railroads and steamships ⓘ
Tampa Bay Hotel → ownedBy → Plant System of railroads and steamships ⓘ