Key West Navy Coal Depot and Storehouse
Depot, Key West, Florida.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Depot
- Where
- Key West, Florida
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Built over
KEY WEST NAVY COAL DEPOT
The Navy's coal depot and storehouse at Key West, built from 1856 to 1861. It supplied the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, headquartered at Key West and reliant on coal-burning steamships. After the war it served as the Naval Administration Building until 1923.
Then
The Navy's coal depot and storehouse at Key West, built from 1856 to 1861, supplied the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, which was headquartered at Key West and relied on coal-burning steamships.
After the war it served as the Naval Administration Building until 1923.
Now
Built over
Known as Building #1, it houses the U.S. Coast Guard at Key West and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
No railroad in service today runs within 30 miles.