3/15/22 Report - Newly Renourished Beaches Open Again. A Surprise Find of Florida Tourism History.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report. 

Entrance to Turtle Trail on Monday.

Wabasso and Turtle Trail accesses were open on 3/14.  Thanks to Jim M. for these photos showing the newly renourished Wabasso and Turtle Trail beaches.

Looking At the Beach Access Stairs at Turtle Trail Monday.

That is one pile of sand.

Looking North at Turtle Trail.

Looks like it will be a while before it gets eroded back to the dunes again.

Looking South At Turtle Trail

Jim found Wabasso Beach open too.

Wabasso Beach Entrance Monday.

Looks like the area to the north at Wabasso might erode again before long.

Looking North From Wabasso Beach Access Monday.

Looking Towards Disney Resort.

Thanks much Jim.

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I went out with the intention of cutting a huge Pepper tree.  I spotted an old brown whiskey bottle laying under some brush.  That got me distracted, and I was on the hunt again - this time for glass.  I saw one piece, so thought there should be more.  I scratched around a little and found a few broken pieces, and then, partially covered at the base of a tree, I saw the piece shown below.

Piece of a Large Dinner Plate.

I turned it over to look for some markings, and was pleased to find more than I expected.

Section of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Serving Plate Showing Marking.

The plate reads: Ye Old Ivory Buffalo China - Flora of the South - Hibiscus, Jessamine, Poinsettia - Made especially for Atlantic Coast Line Railroads.

The piece shown in the first photo shows part of the poinsettia.

Too bad it isn't whole. I found a whole one for sale online for $120. 

Still I like having the piece, which tells the story of passenger service from New York and points North to Miami.

We don't have that kind of passenger service these days.

I'll be looking for more of this plate.  It is probably there somewhere.

The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad is a former U. S. Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871...

The Atlantic Coast Line served the southeast, with a concentration of lines in Florida. Numerous named passenger trains were operated by the railroad for Florida-bound tourists, with the Atlantic Coast Line contributing significantly to Florida's economic development in the first half of the 20th century.

At the end of 1925, ACL operated 4,924 miles of road, not including its flock of subsidiaries; after some merging, mileage at the end of 1960 was 5,570 not including A&WP, CN&L, East Carolina, Georgia, Rockingham, and V&CS. In 1960, ACL reported 10,623 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 490 million passenger-miles.

Source: Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Wikipedia

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Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.

Nothing exciting again.

I have a lot more lined up for future posts.

Good hunting,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net