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Near Naples in Collier County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

This Bay City Walking Dredge

 
 
This Bay City Walking Dredge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 27, 2024
1. This Bay City Walking Dredge Marker
After restoration
Inscription.
This Bay City Walking Dredge
in charge of
Earl W. Ivey
and
Meece Ellis
working 18 hours daily constructed that portion of the Tamiami Trail beginning at Black Water River and extending northwesterly 10 miles to Belle Meade Crossing and adjoining this park in 1927-1928.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles.
 
Location. 25° 59.505′ N, 81° 35.589′ W. Marker is near Naples, Florida, in Collier County. It can be reached from Tamiami Trail East (U.S. 41) near San Marco Road (County Route 92), on the right when traveling south. Located in Collier-Seminole State Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 20200 Tamiami Trail East, Naples FL 34114, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Gulf Coast. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New
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Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: How the Dredge Walks (here, next to this marker); Bay City Walking Dredge (here, next to this marker); The Walking Dredge (a few steps from this marker); Bay City Walking Dredge No. 489 (a few steps from this marker); Big Cypress Swamp (within shouting distance of this marker); The Blockhouse (approx. 0.2 miles away); Goodland Village and Access Road (approx. 5.7 miles away); Pineapple Plantation (approx. 8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Naples.
 
Also see . . .  Bay City Walking Dredge - Florida State Parks. (Submitted on April 7, 2022, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.)
 
This Bay City Walking Wedge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, April 4, 2022
2. This Bay City Walking Wedge Marker
This Bay City Walking Wedge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, April 4, 2022
3. This Bay City Walking Wedge Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2022, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 274 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on August 5, 2024, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.   2, 3. submitted on April 7, 2022, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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