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2. The Breakers (hotel) - Wikipedia

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   The Breakers Palm Beach is a historic, Renaissance Revival style luxury hotel with 534 rooms. It is located at 1 South County Road in Palm Beach, Florida.During the 1895–96 winter season, business tycoon Henry Flagler opened the first Breakers resort, then the only oceanfront lodging south of Daytona Beach, to accommodate additional tourists due to the popularity of his Royal Poinciana Hotel.

3. Henry Flagler - Wikipedia

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   The Royal Poinciana Hotel was at the time the largest wooden structure in the world. Two years later, Flagler built the Palm Beach Inn (renamed The Breakers in 1901), overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Palm Beach. Flagler originally intended West Palm Beach to be the terminus of his railroad system, but in 1894 and 1895, severe freezes hit the ...

4. 'The Breakers is on fire!': 120 years ago, blaze wiped out ...

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   Read more: Memory Lane: Oh, my!Many couldn't bare to watch 'Oh! Calcutta!' during 1978 stop in Palm Beach “Not since the conflagration that almost wiped out the city of Jacksonville on May 3 ...

5. Memory lane: A mule-drawn trolley ride got you from Hotel ...

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   The mule-drawn trolley in Palm Beach heading west at the turn of the 20th century as it passes the Palm Beach Inn, which was renamed The Breakers in 1901. ... other 1890s-built Palm Beach hotel ...

6. History of Palm Beach County, Florida - Wikipedia

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   Conners Highway opened in 1924, linking West Palm Beach to the Lake Okeechobee region and forming a portion of the first cross-state roadway. [55] On March 18, 1925, a massive fire broke out in Palm Beach at the Breakers Hotel and soon spread to the old Palm Beach Hotel. The West Palm Beach Fire Department responded to the fire and summoned ...

7. Breakers in Palm Beach plans entry changes to ease traffic ...

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   This rendering by Schmidt Nichols show the proposed changes to the entry road at The Breakers in Palm Beach, as the historic resort seeks to alleviate traffic congestion during large events ...