port plans unveiled
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100 years ago…
August 30, 1906 – A public hearing is held in Tampa to discuss the various plans for the city’s new port. W. L. Seddon, chief engineer for the Seaboard Air Line railroad, presented his company’s proposal for the dredging of a channel and establishment of port facilities on Grassy Island in Hillsborough Bay. The new facilities would be connected to the mainland by a large lift bridge. The plans were approved by the Army Corps of Engineers, and Seddon Island (and the modern Port of Tampa) was born. Seddon Island is now know as Harbour Island.
Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.
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