February 27
- Florida Keys History Center
- 3 days ago
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1926 – Monroe County Sheriff Roland Curry received notice from his counterpart in Dade County that a Prohibition Agent had been arrested there on grand larceny charges in connection with liquor raids that had taken place in Key West earlier in the month.
1929 – U.S. Navy tests of the Momsen Lung conducted on the submarine S-4 near Smith Shoals north of Key West ended and were declared a success, with men able to escape from the sunken submarine by using the device.
1953 – The Jesston Corporation sold 330 acres of the new Marathon Beach area to Stanley Switlik for a reported price of $200,000.
1956 – The American Salvage Co. of New York was bringing up twisted steel remains and a cargo of ore from the freighter SS Edward Luckenbach, sunk just north of Key West. The 456-foot Luckenbach sank in 1942, when it inadvertently steamed into a WWII minefield.
1972 – Ground was broken for a retirement center being developed in Key West by the Aldersgate Foundation, Inc. The 18-acre site was located behind the Searstown shopping center.
1984 – The Key West City Commission chose the Montenay International company to build a state-of-the-art solid waste incineration facility for the island’s garbage.
1986 – After recalculating the amount of required parking spaces, the Monroe County Zoning Board gave preliminary approval for the development of a new Kmart Shopping Plaza on Key Largo.
1993 – Former Key West High School baseball star Boog Powell was honored during an appreciation ceremony held at Tommy Roberts Memorial Stadium.
Information compiled by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: Material salvaged from the SS Edward Luckenbach, a freighter that sank in a minefield during WW II, being landed at Key West on February 27, 1956. Photo by Don Pinder. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
