Tarpon Springs: Some forty years ago when the
fleet was in, you could see as many as a hundred
boats tied up at Sponge Fleet Docks, and the wharf
was noisy with fishermen smoking water-pipes,
drinking, playing cards, threading sponges on
lengths of sturdy cord. Today, Tarpon Springs is
still very much the Greek community it was then,
but only a handful of boats sail for the sponge beds
off Florida's west coast, and the docks are
designated a National Historic Landmark.
Tarpon Springs: Some forty years ago when the
fleet was in, you could see as many as a hundred
boats tied up at Sponge Fleet Docks, and the wharf
was noisy with fishermen smoking water-pipes,
drinking, playing cards, threading sponges on
lengths of sturdy cord. Today, Tarpon Springs is
still very much the Greek community it was then,
but only a handful of boats sail for the sponge beds
off Florida's west coast, and the docks are
designated a National Historic Landmark.
