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Hamilton Disston (August 23, 1844 – April 30, 1896) was an industrialist and real-estate developer who purchased four million acres (16,000 km²) of Florida land in 1881, an area larger than the state of Connecticut, and reportedly the most land ever purchased by a single person in world history. Disston was the son of Pennsylvania-based industrialist Henry Disston who formed Disston & Sons Saw Works, which Hamilton later ran and which was one of the largest saw manufacturing companies in the world.

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dbo:abstract Hamilton Disston (August 23, 1844 – April 30, 1896) was an industrialist and real-estate developer who purchased four million acres (16,000 km²) of Florida land in 1881, an area larger than the state of Connecticut, and reportedly the most land ever purchased by a single person in world history. Disston was the son of Pennsylvania-based industrialist Henry Disston who formed Disston & Sons Saw Works, which Hamilton later ran and which was one of the largest saw manufacturing companies in the world. Hamilton Disston's investment in the infrastructure of Florida spurred growth throughout the state. His related efforts to drain the Everglades triggered the state's first land boom with numerous towns and cities established through the area. Disston's land purchase and investments were directly responsible for creating or fostering the towns of Kissimmee, St. Cloud, Gulfport, Tarpon Springs, and indirectly aided the rapid growth of St. Petersburg, Florida. He furthermore oversaw the successful cultivation of rice and sugarcane near the Kissimmee area. Although Disston's engineered canals aided water transport and steamboat traffic in Florida, he was ultimately unsuccessful in draining the Kissimmee River floodplain or lowering the surface water around Lake Okeechobee and in the Everglades. He was forced to sell much of his investments at a fraction of their original costs. However, his land purchase primed Florida's economy and allowed railroad magnates Henry Flagler and Henry Plant to build rail lines down the east coast of Florida, and another joining the west coast, which directly led to the domination of the tourist and citrus industries in Florida. Disston's immediate impact was in the Philadelphia area, where he was active in Republican politics and a philanthropist, but his legacy is often associated with the draining and development of Florida. (en) ハミルトン・ディストン(英: Hamilton Disston、1844年8月23日 - 1896年4月30日)は、アメリカ合衆国ペンシルベニア州出身の工業資本家、不動産開発業者であり、1881年にフロリダ州で購入した400万エーカー (16,000 km²) の土地は、コネチカット州1州よりも広く、世界史の中で個人が購入した土地として最大とされている。ディストンは、ペンシルベニア州を基盤とする工業資本家ヘンリー・ディストンの息子であり、その父はディストン・アンド・サンズ鋸製作所を設立し、ハミルトンがそれを運営して世界でも最大級の工業用鋸メーカーにした。 ハミルトン・ディストンがフロリダのインフラに投資したことで、フロリダ州全体の成長に拍車をかけた。エバーグレーズの水を抜くために関連する動きにより、州では初の土地ブームが起こり、地域中に多くの町や都市が設立された。ディストンが土地を買い、投資したことは、直接キシミー、セントクラウド、ガルフポート、ターポンスプリングスの各市を創設あるいは育てることになり、また間接的にセントピーターズバーグの急速な成長を支援することになった。さらに、キシミー地域近くでは、米やサトウキビの栽培を監督して成功させた。 ディストンが設計した運河はフロリダ州における水上交通や蒸気船による輸送を可能にしたが、キシミー川の氾濫原から水を抜くこと、あるいはオキーチョビー湖とエバーグレーズの地表水を減らすことには成功しなかった。その投資分の多くを、当初掛けた費用よりも小さな額で売却することを強いられた。しかし、ディストンの土地購入がフロリダの経済を浮揚させ、鉄道界の大立者であるヘンリー・モリソン・フラグラーをして、フロリダの東海岸に鉄道を建設させることを可能にした。またヘンリー・ブラドリー・プラントには西海岸まで鉄道を伸ばさせ、フロリダ州の観光業や柑橘類産業を直接支配させることになった。ディストンはフィラデルフィア地域で共和党の政治と慈善事業に活動的であり、直接の影響を残したが、その遺産はフロリダの排水と開発に関わるものが多い。 (ja)
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rdfs:comment Hamilton Disston (August 23, 1844 – April 30, 1896) was an industrialist and real-estate developer who purchased four million acres (16,000 km²) of Florida land in 1881, an area larger than the state of Connecticut, and reportedly the most land ever purchased by a single person in world history. Disston was the son of Pennsylvania-based industrialist Henry Disston who formed Disston & Sons Saw Works, which Hamilton later ran and which was one of the largest saw manufacturing companies in the world. (en) ハミルトン・ディストン(英: Hamilton Disston、1844年8月23日 - 1896年4月30日)は、アメリカ合衆国ペンシルベニア州出身の工業資本家、不動産開発業者であり、1881年にフロリダ州で購入した400万エーカー (16,000 km²) の土地は、コネチカット州1州よりも広く、世界史の中で個人が購入した土地として最大とされている。ディストンは、ペンシルベニア州を基盤とする工業資本家ヘンリー・ディストンの息子であり、その父はディストン・アンド・サンズ鋸製作所を設立し、ハミルトンがそれを運営して世界でも最大級の工業用鋸メーカーにした。 ハミルトン・ディストンがフロリダのインフラに投資したことで、フロリダ州全体の成長に拍車をかけた。エバーグレーズの水を抜くために関連する動きにより、州では初の土地ブームが起こり、地域中に多くの町や都市が設立された。ディストンが土地を買い、投資したことは、直接キシミー、セントクラウド、ガルフポート、ターポンスプリングスの各市を創設あるいは育てることになり、また間接的にセントピーターズバーグの急速な成長を支援することになった。さらに、キシミー地域近くでは、米やサトウキビの栽培を監督して成功させた。 (ja)
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