Big Slough canal. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng A steam dredge working on the new drainage ditches in the Big Slough in the far southeastern part of Manatee County. This are later became known as the Sugar Bowl because E.P. Green and others planned to raise sugarcane on the rich low-lying land. The sugarcane project fell through, the land was turned into grazing land.Photograph furnished by Lynn Harrison. A steam dredge working on the new drainage ditches in the Big Slough in the far southeastern part of Manatee County. This are later became known as the Sugar Bowl because E.P. Green and others planned to raise sugarcane on the rich low-lying land. The sugarcane project fell through, the land was turned into grazing land.Photograph furnished by Lynn Harrison. United States Florida--Manatee County Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
Big Slough canal.
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A steam dredge working on the new drainage ditches in the Big Slough in the far southeastern part of Manatee County. This are later became known as the Sugar Bowl because E.P. Green and others planned to raise sugarcane on the rich low-lying land. The sugarcane project fell through, the land was turned into grazing land.Photograph furnished by Lynn Harrison.
A steam dredge working on the new drainage ditches in the Big Slough in the far southeastern part of Manatee County. This are later became known as the Sugar Bowl because E.P. Green and others planned to raise sugarcane on the rich low-lying land. The sugarcane project fell through, the land was turned into grazing land.Photograph furnished by Lynn Harrison.
United States
Florida--Manatee County
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection