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Hamilton Disston was an American industrialist and real-estate developer who purchased 4 million acres of Florida land in 1881, an area larger than the state of Connecticut. Disston was the son of Pen
Hamilton Disston
A photograph taken circa 1900 showing a canal dredged by Disston's company, running through a sugar plantation also owned by Disston near St. Cloud, Florida
Disston family mausoleum in Laurel Hill Cemetery
Sir Edward James Reed, KCB, FRS was an English naval architect, author, politician, and railroad magnate. He was the Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy from 1863 until 1870. He was a Liberal politici
Hamilton Disston
…largest landowner in the United States. On December 17, 1881, Disston sold two million acres (8,000 km²) of his land to English Member of Parliament, Sir Edward James Reed, for $600,000. While some in Florida disapproved of the sale for giving away the land too cheaply, it had positive effects. In the four years following…
"Naval Construction". Caricature by Ape published in Vanity Fair in 1875
Founder's share of the Channel Tubular Railway Preliminary Company, issued 19. May 1892, signed by Edward James Reed