Florida Industrial Review highlights 1926 city building plans
Winter Park plans a $30,000 clubhouse and a new Park Avenue office structure. Tampa Electric to build a large plant on the Alafia River. Miami approves a fire boat purchase. 1926 public improvements total millions across multiple cities including Orlando Lakeland and Miami Beach.
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Winter Park
Park Avenue
Tampa
Tampa Electric Co
Alafia River
Miami
Miami Beach
Florida Towns See Major Building and Road Projects
Dade City Lakeland and other points report extensive infrastructure and commercial growth. Projects include asphalt resurfacing on the Dade City Lakeland highway, a $50,000 motion picture theater in New Port Richey, a $4,275 Gulf Utilities contract, a $34,400 two story city hall in Frostproof, and a statewide push by Southern Bell to invest over $9.5 million in 1926. Citrus shipments measured 806 cars oranges and 343 cars grapefruit for the week, while Seabring, Clearwater, St. Petersburg and other towns announce hospitals, schools, sewers, ice plants, and new hotels.
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Standard Auto Company
Palm City
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Palmetto
Atlantic Ice & Coal Corporation
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Winter Haven
Eloise Woods
Avon Park
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Lakeland
Titusville
Leesburg
Inverness
Inverness American
Roderick Arkell
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Orlando
Tampa—West Coast Fertilizer Co
Haines City—Sheet Retail Concern
Sebring
Monticello
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New Smyrna
Canal Street
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College Avenue
Dade City
Port Richey
Tampa—Asphalt Rock Products Company
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Lake Morton Drive
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Southern Bell Telephone Co
Daytona Beach
Poinsettia Park Club
Haines City
Okeechobee
North Park Street
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Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railroad
Clearwater
Citizens Ice
Cold Storage Co
West Palm Beach
Olive Avenue Y.M.C.A
St. Petersburg
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Suwannee
Dade City Real Estate Co
Leesburg—Manufacturing Company
Fort Myers
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Sylvan Shores Company
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