railroadsidings

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The date of build is written on the building, so it can't be as early as 1895.

InTheMist Thank you for your interest! You're right, this particular station was built in 1906, and it is clearly labeled on the station. However, Flickr will not let us put a date-range of several years in the actual photographic information for the photograph, only a circa date for a single year. Because of this limitation, we typically put a circa date with the first year of the date-range we believe the series of photographs were taken, and insert the full date information in the notation for the photograph. This series of photographs were taken between 1895 and 1910. Without any additional information, we cannot pin down a specific year for this photograph, however I will contact the curator who is familiar with this collection item and pass along your observation to them. As a result, we might be able to nail down the date-range with a bit more certainty. Thank you again for your input - we always value any information people might be able to give us that helps us identify some of the activities, locations, people, etc. in the photographs that we put up!

"Charles T. McCarty came to this area with his wife, Barbara Elizabeth, in 1888. He was an attorney, but the small population did not require his services full-time, and he had a natural love for agriculture. He became a horticulturist of note by studying the soil and climatic conditions of the east coast of Florida, and became one of the largest pineapple growers in the state." – Images of America • Fort Pierce, Ada Coates Williams, Arcadia Also identified as the "Pineapple packing-house - Fort Pierce, Florida", – Florida Memory "A pineapple packing house in Fort Pierce, Florida, located long the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) siding. The Fort Pierce train station was located along the tracks that now run through Downtown Fort Pierce. Henry Flagler (1830-1913) expanded his Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) down the Florida east coast from Jacksonville in 1894, forever transforming the economic development of Florida.   "In 1911, Fort Pierce was established as a division point for the FEC. This new and efficient form of transportation began to take the place of coastal and canal transportation such as cargo shipping and commuter travel and significantly developed the connection between northern markets and southern products. Citrus, sugar, and pineapple farmers and fishermen located on the coast established packinghouses near the station. It also affected the population growth of these areas, as passengers found it easier, faster, and more comfortable to travel further south. New employment opportunities also drew in a heavy population, rapidly expanding the agricultural economy of Fort Pierce, which economically benefited immensely from this expansion. "The original Fort Pierce train station was torn down and replaced in 1967. A replica of the old depot is located at the entrance of the St. Lucie County Regional History Center building and also houses the "Train Station Room," which includes dioramas, models, murals and photographs of historic Fort Pierce." – “Fort Pierce Pineapple Packing House.” RICHES of Central Florida

I would have thought that a flickr page devoted to SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY would have pointed out that the siding name, Soumethun, is a contraction of................... Southern Methodist University! :-) No joke.

Great combination of technologies in this image. Nice.

Biga be loaded with a crane