Author: Miami Maritime

Joel Hunt[Hurt] offers a new plan for an Elliott Key causeway using no fill islands. This plan calls for extending Red Road into the bay and then turning across Featherbed Banks to Sands Key. (28 Oct 1953)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: A

The steamship Nuevo Dominicano is aground 35 miles west of Cape Mays, Cuba. (20 Oct 1953)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: B

An article about the never-developed town of Poinciana at the mouth of Lostmans River. [1921 map] (18 Oct 1953)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: A

The Coral Bay Co. plans to develop the mangrove swamp bordered by Biscayne Bay, Chapman Field, Old Cutler Road and Montgomery Drive. [Aerial Photo] (11 Oct 1953)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: G

Persistent heavy rains cause flooding in South Florida. [Photos] (10 Oct 1953)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: A

Sewage plant construction on the mainland and Virginia Key starts. (9 Oct 1953)

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Page: 1, Section: C

Petitions are circulated in Key West urging the State Internal Improvement Fund to release enough submerged bay bottom to allow construction of the Key Biscayne – Elliott Key – Key Largo causeway. (8 Oct 1953)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 2, Section: D

The Miami Beach City Council opposes creating any more islands in the bay. (8 Oct 1953)

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Page: 1, Section: D