ran east from Lake City to Jacksonville. Reed reorganized both the JP&M and the Florida Central as the Florida Central and Western Railroad. In 1884, Reed merged the Florida Central and Western with the Florida Transit and Peninsular and, in 1885, after signing lease agreements with two smaller Florida lines, brought all of these entities under the umbrella of one large firm, the Florida Railway and Navigation Company. Reed subsequently withdrew from active control and, in 1886, after a brief receivership, the corporation was reorganized as the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad (FC&P). In 1900, a year after purchasing the majority of FC&P stock, the newly organized Seaboard Air Line Railway (now CSX Transportation) leased the FC&P and, in 1903, acquired it outright. Death Reed died from heart failure at his home in The Strand, London in November 1906. He was buried in Putney Vale Cemetery on 4 December. His son Edward Tennyson Reed became the political caricaturist of Punch magazine. Works Notable works include Shipbuilding in Iron and Steel (1868) Our Ironclad Ships, their Qualities, Performance and Cost (1869) Japan: its History, Traditions, and Religions, with the Narrative of a Visit in 1879 Two volumes. London, J. Murray (1880) Treatise on the stability of ships (1884) References Further reading Brown, DK (2003). Warrior to Dreadnought: Warship Development 1860–1905. Caxton Editions. . Archibald, EHH (1984). The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy 1897–1984. Blandford. . Sandler, Stanley, "The Emergence of the Modern Capital Ship". Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press/Associated University Presses. 1979. Turner, Gregg M. (2008) A Journey into Florida Railroad History. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. . External links Royal Society of London on-line biography Reed Obituary A Treatise on the Stability of Ships written by Edward Reed in 1885 1830 births 1906 deaths Burials at Putney Vale Cemetery English engineers People from Sheerness Royal Navy British naval architects Fellows of the Royal Society Liberal Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Cardiff constituencies Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1900–1906 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Pembrokeshire constituencies 19th-century British businesspeople