Freshwater springs in Biscayne Bay, ca. 1890.

Permanent Link:

http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/RM00010005/00001

Material Information

Title:

Freshwater springs in Biscayne Bay, ca. 1890.

Creator:

Munroe, Ralph, 1851-1933.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

2 photos. : black and white.

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:

Springs--Florida--Biscayne Bay.
Biscayne Bay (Fla.)
Silver Bluff (Miami, Fla.)

Notes

Abstract:

1. Drawing water from a freshwater spring. no. 117D. -- 2. Ralph Munroe drinking from the Punch Bowl, a freshwater spring at the foot of Silver Bluff. no. 152D.

General Note:

"Many springs boiled up from the bottom of the bay, and good water could be pumped from a pile driven into one of them--a great convenience to yachts." R. Munroe.

Funding:

Electronic reproduction. Miami, Fla. : Reclaiming the Everglades, c2000. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. Digitized from photographs at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami, Florida.

Record Information

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Holding Location:

HistoryMiami

Rights Management:

Credit: Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Ralph Munroe Collection.

Resource Identifier:

RM00010005

dpSobek Membership

Aggregations:

Everglades Digital Library: Reclaiming the Everglades
HistoryMiami Museum