Key West–Havana steamship service

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maritime passenger and freight route steamship service transport link between the United States and Cuba

The Key West–Havana steamship service was a maritime passenger and freight route linking Key West, Florida, with Havana, Cuba, that played a key role in early 20th-century travel and trade between the United States and Cuba.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	maritime passenger and freight route ⓘ steamship service ⓘ transport link between the United States and Cuba ⓘ
approximateDistance	about 90 miles between Key West and Havana ⓘ
borderCrossingType	maritime border crossing ⓘ
cargoType	agricultural products ⓘ mail and parcels ⓘ manufactured goods ⓘ
connectedCity	Havana NERFINISHED ⓘ Key West NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedRegion	Florida Keys NERFINISHED ⓘ Straits of Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryServed	Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicImpact	facilitated bilateral trade between Florida and Cuba ⓘ supported tourism between the United States and Cuba ⓘ
facilitated	movement of goods between Cuba and the U.S. mainland ⓘ movement of people between Cuba and the U.S. mainland ⓘ
geographicContext	Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
infrastructureRole	served as a major maritime gateway between North America and the Caribbean ⓘ
languageOfOperation	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
modeOfTransport	sea transport ⓘ
navigationArea	Straits of Florida shipping lane NERFINISHED ⓘ
passengerType	business travelers ⓘ migrants ⓘ tourists ⓘ
politicalContext	operated during a period of close U.S.–Cuba economic ties in the early 20th century ⓘ
primaryFunction	freight transport ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ
relatedTo	United States–Cuba relations NERFINISHED ⓘ maritime history of Cuba ⓘ maritime history of Florida ⓘ
routeEndpoint	Havana, Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ Key West, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	played a key role in early 20th-century trade between the United States and Cuba ⓘ played a key role in early 20th-century travel between the United States and Cuba ⓘ
transportCategory	international ferry route ⓘ
transportNetworkRole	linked Cuban ports to the U.S. rail and shipping network via Key West ⓘ
usedFor	commercial trade ⓘ mail transport ⓘ tourist travel ⓘ
usedVesselType	steamship ⓘ

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Havana Special → usesConnection → Key West–Havana steamship service ⓘ