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Seaplane base, Seaboard station and Morrison Field marked West Palm Beach’s early transport era
2539188 · March 10, 2025
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Janet Naughton described an early seaplane base from about 1911, a 1926 Seaboard Airline Railway station (the Tri-Rail station building), and Morrison Field, later Palm Beach International Airport, which served as an Army Air Force base in World War II and briefly housed Palm Beach Junior College.
Janet Naughton said West Palm Beach participated early in aviation and rail transport. "As early as 1911, there was a seaplane base here," she said, noting Curtiss seaplanes gave sightseeing flights, night flights and runs to Havana. "People would come…
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