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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.
Keywords
Port of Tampa, Streetcar, Transportation, Hotels
Extent
1 black-and-white photograph
Geographic Location
Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)
Physical Collection
Box
19
Folder
19
Media Type
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
Keywords
Port of Tampa, Streetcar, Transportation, Hotels