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- Florida Keys Memorial: 1935 Hurricane Memorial Date: July 6, 2022 Author: Karen Yvonne Hamilton 1 Comment
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A Heritage Monument Trail plaque mounted on a coral boulder before the memorial reads: The Florida Keys Memorial, known locally as the "Hurricane Monument," was built to honor hundreds of American veterans and local citizens who perished in the "Great Hurricane" on Labor Day, September 2, 1935.
Florida Memory. The Labor Day Hurricane that struck the Florida Keys on September 2, 1935 is the most powerful storm to ever hit the United States. With wind gusts estimated up to 225 miles per hour and a storm surge bringing waves as high as 20 feet ashore; the hurricane was devastating.
Sep 8, 2017 · Around 2 p.m. on Monday, Labor Day, Fred Ghent called to order the evacuation train. It was then that he discovered that it would take workers hours to assemble the train in Miami.
May 14, 2020 · During the night of Labor Day, September 2, 1935, the hurricane made landfall and crossed the Florida Keys before curving northward up the west coast of Florida, leaving a 40-mile wide path...
On September 2, 1935, Labor Day, the hurricane reached a peak intensity of 892 mb. The hurricane made landfall later that night as a Category 5 storm, crossing the Florida Keys between Key West and Miami, FL. As it made landfall, the hurricane delivered maximum sustained winds of approximately 298 km/h (185 mph).
Date in History: 02 Sep 1935. The infamous “Labor Day” hurricane made landfall near Craig Key in the Florida Keys on this date. It was the third most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, making landfall as a Category 5 storm with winds exceeding 156 mph.
The project initially took seven years and nine months to complete. The construction was hit by several hurricanes and 700 men died before its completion. The track was in operation from 1912 until 1935 when the Labor Day hurricane swept away 41 miles of track.
