Tampa Street Car Railway and Port Tampa Inn

Creator

Ensminger Brothers

Files

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Creation Date

1898

Time Period

circa 1898

Abstract

A view of the Tampa Street Car Railway spanning across the Port of Tampa with the Port Tampa Inn in the distance.

Alt Text

A long pier extending into a body of water with buildings at the end. The background shows a distant shoreline under a clear sky.

Keywords

Port of Tampa, Streetcar, Transportation, Hotels

Extent

1 black-and-white photograph

Subject: geographic

Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)

Physical Collection

Florida Photograph Collection

Box

19

Folder

19

Media Type

Black-and-white photographs

Note

Henry Plant developed a majority of Port Tampa in order to have a transportation hub for the Plant System's railway and steamboat lines. He had the channel deepened, extended the docks, and other projects. In the early 1890s, a passenger could catch a train twice daily to any railroad station in the U.S. from Plant's South Florida Railroad. Steamships went weekly to Key West, Havana, Mobile, and New Orleans.

Identifier

florida_photograph_1104

Recommended Citation

Ensminger Brothers, "Tampa Street Car Railway and Port Tampa Inn" (1898). Florida Photograph Collection. Image 105.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/florida_photograph/105