Western Union
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I've been mostly missing in action for a few weeks, and coming up for air, I thought I'd post something kind of different from the archives. It’s been a few years ago now, but when we went to Key West around this time of year the skies were brilliant, the water clear, and the scenery spectacular. One sight was the Western Union, a historic schooner first launched in 1939 as a cable tender. For 35 years she laid more than 30,000 miles of telegraph cable throughout the Caribbean. She was then a passenger vessel for 10 years. She has been in the movies as the cargo ship La Amistad in the Spielberg movie Amistad, is on the US National Register of Historic Places, and is the official flagship of both the State of Florida and the City of Key West.
Western Union
© Copyright John C. House, Everyday Miracles Photography.
www.everydaymiraclesphotography.com
All Rights Reserved. Please do not use in any way without my express consent. As always, this is better viewed large.
I've been mostly missing in action for a few weeks, and coming up for air, I thought I'd post something kind of different from the archives. It’s been a few years ago now, but when we went to Key West around this time of year the skies were brilliant, the water clear, and the scenery spectacular. One sight was the Western Union, a historic schooner first launched in 1939 as a cable tender. For 35 years she laid more than 30,000 miles of telegraph cable throughout the Caribbean. She was then a passenger vessel for 10 years. She has been in the movies as the cargo ship La Amistad in the Spielberg movie Amistad, is on the US National Register of Historic Places, and is the official flagship of both the State of Florida and the City of Key West.