Progress Village Collection - Images
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Creation Date
1950
Time Period
circa 1950s-1960s
Abstract
A crane near a railroad track and a mound of sandy material. This photo was used during a presentation promoting Progress Village, a suburb community designed to provide Tampa's Black residents with homes and yards in satisfactory surroundings with adequate zoning.
Keywords
Railroads
Extent
1 color photograph
Subject: geographic
Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)
Physical Collection
Box
3
Folder
15
Digital Date
2024
Media Type
Color photographs
Note
From nearly its very beginning, Progress Village had to combat industrial development. In the 1970s, residents collectively opposed an ammonia pipeline proposed for Progress Village Boulevard. Local pastors Francisco Rodriguez and Rufus Tweggs collected 1200 signatures protesting the pipeline. Despite such resistance, the county approved the pipeline with some conditions including a concrete barrier for safety.
In the mid-1980s, the Mosaic Company built a gypsum phosphate stack (a byproduct of phosphate mining) near Progress Village. Although residents were initially successful in establishing risk mitigation efforts for the harmful health effects of the stacks, Mosaic would go on to expand the stacks within the decade.
Identifier
progress_village_images_1002
Recommended Citation
Progress Village, "Crane near Railroad Track, Tampa" (1950). Progress Village Collection - Images. Image 3.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/progress_village_images/3
Keywords
Railroads
