Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks
Heritage District · Tarpon Springs, Florida
A working sponge fleet on the Anclote River, crewed since 1905 by Greek divers recruited from Kalymnos and the Dodecanese to harvest the sponge beds off this coast. Tarpon Springs has the highest proportion of Greek Americans of any city in the United States, the boats still go out, and the Epiphany cross dive each January is the largest outside Greece.
735 Dodecanese Boulevard, Tarpon Springs, Florida, 34689, United States
A public district. Shops and boat trips run daytime hours, roughly 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and most of it closes in the evening.
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