Former "Florida East Coast" Railbed

[NavyGuyAN]

I know this isn't exactly in Jax but I was curious as to what it was or why it was there...it lookes to be an old railroad bed off the Florida Eastcoast Railway in St. Augustine that runs past Fort Mose. You can get a better picture on google or bing maps...But it looks like it ends at the intercoastal.

[thelakelander]

I can't see it.

[NavyGuyAN]

Got the picture up now "Lakelander"...LoL

[NavyGuyAN]

Was digging some more into it and found this:

Aerial shot of Robinson Creek with the Fort Mose location. Occupants of the fort would have used the creek for transportation, harvesting oysters and fish, and as a defensive barrier.

There has been a focus for each creek, aside from the ongoing need to know as much as we can about the First Coast’s waterways. For Pancho Creek, there are the remains of a historic railroad grade through the marsh and crossing the creek as well as the Tolomato (North) River. Robin Moore, Historic Resources Specialist for St. John’s County, had asked us to look into this railroad grade and so while there, we surveyed all of the navigable creek

http://www.blogstaugustinelighthouse.org/blog/lamposts/echoes_of_the_past_sonar_searc_1.php

[Ocklawaha]

The St. Augustine and North Beach Railway... Ran from what was then called North Beach to The St. Augustine. Later (around  1889-95) it ran all the way to the St. Augustine Union Station. St. Augustine beat Jacksonville in having a station served by several railroads. It is unknown if the railway ever became a "steam road" and their is some evidence that it may have been upgraded as a trolley line. The St. Augustine and SOUTH BEACH Railway became heart and soul of a very nice streetcar system.

UNION STATION:
It was the Union Depot because the Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Halifax Railway, St. Augustine & North Beach, St. Johns Railway, and St. Augustine & Palatka Railroad used the depot. It was opened on January 10, 1889. Today, part of the park remains that used to contain a flower garden and two fountains. Today's new fire station sits on the exact site, and the architecture apes it.