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John Stevely (left) and Don Sweat, are Florida Sea Grant
extension faculty who have conducted long-term research
on Florida’s sponge populations. Commercial sponge divers
embraced their recommendation to cut, rather than tear
sponges during harvest to promote regeneration. The measure
is now state law. UF/IFAS photo by Tom Wright.
Looking north, top photo shows tracks still in place, likely during the late 1960s. Lower photo taken after the depot was restored by the Historical Society, whose museum and archive are inside. The Pinellas Trail can be seen at right. Courtesy Tarpon Springs Area Historical Society
I took these Nine Photographs on December 31, 2005 at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral on Tarpon Avenue in Tarpon Springs, Florida during the Christmas Season.
Tarpon Springs has been called the Sponge Capitol of the U.S., and is the center of the sponge diving industry.
During a messy curing process, the tough outer black skin covering
the living sheepswool sponge is removed, as is the debris
remaining in the sponge’s canals. Market price is determined in part
by how well the sponges have been cleaned. (Florida Sea Grant photo
The Tarpon Springs Area Historical Museum is located inside the original 1908 Tarpon Springs depot. Here you can still see some of the equipment in the operator's bay overlooking the tracks. Note the original telephone, typewriter, telegraph keys, and mail sack. Courtesy Rob Furney Jr.
Ο Αρχιεπίσκοπος Αμερικής κ. Δημήτριος προεξήρχε της τελετής του Αγιασμού των Υδάτων και της Κατάδυσης του Τιμίου Σταυρού στο Τάρπον Σπρινγκς της Φλόριντα, την Παρασκευή 6 Ιανουαρίου 2012. Μετά τη Θεία Λειτουργία στον Καθεδρικό Ναό του Αγίου Νικολάου στην “Πόλη των Θεοφανείων”, ο Αρχιεπίσκοπος Δημήτριος, οι Μητροπολίτες Ατλάντας, Αλέξιος και Δαρδανελλίων, Νικήτας, ο Επίσκοπος Ζήλων Σεβαστιανός, ιερείς, οι 61 νέοι που επρόκειτο να βουτήξουν για τον Σταυρό, και πλήθος πιστών κατευθύνθηκαν εν πομπή στο Spring Bayou όπου έγινε η Κατάδυση του Τιμίου Σταυρού. Καθώς άργησε να βρεθεί ο Σταυρός, ο Αρχιεπίσκοπος Δημήτριος έριξε και δεύτερο Σταυρό στα νερά του Κόλπου του Μεξικού. Τυχεροί της φετινής χρονιάς είναι οι 17χρονοι Λούις Μαλισιάνος και Μύρος Πέτρου οι οποίοι ανέσυραν τους δύο Σταυρούς.
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Around 1900 experienced sponge divers from Greece came to Tarpon Springs. By using rubberized diving suits and helmets, they increased local sponge harvests. Today there are more people of Greek descent in Tarpon Springs than anywhere else in the world outside of Greece.
Nah, just my nephew and cousin's daughter being cute.
Clearly, with Ashlyn in different clothes, this was a subsequent trip to Tarpon Springs. December 7 perhaps—I'm not completely positive, but definitely within just a couple weeks, so I'm including it in the set.
Around 1900 experienced sponge divers from Greece came to Tarpon Springs. By using rubberized diving suits and helmets, they increased local sponge harvests. Today there are more people of Greek descent in Tarpon Springs than anywhere else in the world outside of Greece.
Celebrating its 31st year of tradition, Sunset Hills Elementary School will host the annual lambatha event.
"Because of Tarpon Springs' large Greek community, the Greek word "lambatha" was substituted for "luminary" when the tradition began more than 30 years ago.
The event was established after a group of Sunset Hills students developed a project to raise money for the Pinellas County Schools Economics Fair. As a form of advertisement, the group sold bags to local businesses and proposed their plan to light up the bayou.
Once the idea was approved by the school principal, mayor, city manager and fire department, the project was set in motion.
On Christmas Eve in 1986, the bags were placed along Spring Bayou and the candles were lit at dusk. The city experienced its first lambatha display.
City officials were so impressed with the outcome, it became an annual event and even made its way onto the city calendar."
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Before the Tampa & Gulf Coast Railroad (later to become part of the SAL railway) came to Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and other Pinellas cities, the Tampa and Gulf Coast Railroad was already providing train service to Tarpon Springs in 1910. This frame building, at the corner of Lemon Street and Ring Avenue, at first offered passengers direct service to Tampa and New Port Richey, then became just a freight depot. After the end of World War II, the nearby rails were removed and the line from Tampa extended only to the chemical factory and other industrial customers in northern and eastern Tarpon Springs. The building was converted to the Lemon Feed Store. When this picture was taken in 1967, it was about to be demolished. St. Petersburg Times photo by Lorayne Carlson