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Built between 1938 and 1939, the Western Union is one of the oldest surviving wooden working schooners in the United States and the oldest remaining tall ship built in the Florida Keys. It laid and maintained telegraph cables between Key West, Cuba, and Caribbean island nations. The ship is the flagship of Key West and was named the flagship of the State of Florida in 2012. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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Key West, Florida · United States
