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Tampa Bay formed approximately 6,000 years ago as a brackish drowned river valley type [4] estuary with a wide mouth connecting it to the Gulf of Mexico.Prior to that time, it was a large fresh water lake, possibly fed by the Floridan Aquifer through natural springs. [5]
A 1748 British map had "B. del Spirito Santo" for Tampa Bay and "Carlos Bay" to the south. A Spanish map of 1757 renamed Tampa Bay as "San Fernando". As late as 1774, Bernard Romans called Tampa Bay "Bay of Espiritu Santo", with "Tampa Bay" restricted to the Northwest arm, what is now Old Tampa Bay, and the northeast arm named "Hillsborough Bay".
The Tocobaga's principal town was located at the northern end of Old Tampa Bay near today's Safety Harbor in Pinellas County. Uzita controlled the south shore of Tampa Bay, from the Little Manatee River to Sarasota Bay. Mocoso was on the east side of Tampa Bay, on the Alafia River and, possibly, the Hillsborough River
There are 100 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 3 National Historic Landmarks, all three of which are in Tampa. 22 of these properties and districts are listed here, while the others are listed separately in National Register of Historic Places listings in Tampa, Florida.
The topographical causeway is broken by two elevated spans that allow watercraft access to and from Old Tampa Bay. There are two beaches along the Causeway: the Ben T. Davis Municipal Beach, maintained by the City of Tampa at the east end, and an unnamed beach owned by the Florida Department of Transportation on the west end.
TAMPA — The Tampa Tribune’s final home, on Parker Street, was razed and replaced a few years ago with apartments after the newspaper was purchased by the Tampa Bay Times in 2016. Now, one of ...
The Tampa Bay Hotel was built by railroad magnate Henry B. Plant between 1888 and 1891. The construction cost was over $3 million. [6] The Tampa Bay Hotel was considered the premier hotel of the eight that Plant built to anchor his rail line. The hotel covers 6 acres (24,000 m 2) and is a quarter-mile long.