The steamboat H.B. Plant. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng The steamship H.B. Plant was originally owned by the Plant Line, later the Independent Line. It was purchased by the Favorite Line in 1909 along with the Manatee and the Terra Ceia. The H.B. Plant was later laid up in the east end of a canal at the Port of Tampa. She sank there in 1924 and remained that way for nearly one year. She was finally raised and towed into Old Tampa Bay to rest on the flats near the phosphate plant there. The steamship H.B. Plant was originally owned by the Plant Line, later the Independent Line. It was purchased by the Favorite Line in 1909 along with the Manatee and the Terra Ceia. The H.B. Plant was later laid up in the east end of a canal at the Port of Tampa. She sank there in 1924 and remained that way for nearly one year. She was finally raised and towed into Old Tampa Bay to rest on the flats near the phosphate plant there. United States Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
The steamboat H.B. Plant.
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The steamship H.B. Plant was originally owned by the Plant Line, later the Independent Line. It was purchased by the Favorite Line in 1909 along with the Manatee and the Terra Ceia. The H.B. Plant was later laid up in the east end of a canal at the Port of Tampa. She sank there in 1924 and remained that way for nearly one year. She was finally raised and towed into Old Tampa Bay to rest on the flats near the phosphate plant there.
The steamship H.B. Plant was originally owned by the Plant Line, later the Independent Line. It was purchased by the Favorite Line in 1909 along with the Manatee and the Terra Ceia. The H.B. Plant was later laid up in the east end of a canal at the Port of Tampa. She sank there in 1924 and remained that way for nearly one year. She was finally raised and towed into Old Tampa Bay to rest on the flats near the phosphate plant there.
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Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection