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Shipwrecks & Wreckers in the Florida Keys

Shipwrecks & Wreckers in the Florida Keys

Key West Wreckers By the mid-1800s, shipwrecks brought in the bucks. I mean MAJOR bucks, like making Key West one of the richest cities in the United States per capita kind of bucks. Since the 15th century, the coral barrier reef that parallels the Florida Keys brought down hundreds of ships. It is estimated that a thousand or more shipwrecks…

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