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The St. Nicholas VI is a historic boat in Tarpon Springs, Florida. It is located at the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks at Dodecanese Boulevard. On August 3, 1990, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The George N. Cretekos (also known as the Samarkos Bros., the St. Michael, or the Pastrikos) is a historic boat in Tarpon Springs, Florida. It is located at the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks at Dodecanese Boulevard. On August 3, 1990, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Tarpon Springs: Pinellas County: August 3, 1990 N.K. Symi (Sponge Diving Boat) Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks at Dodecanese Boulevard: Tarpon Springs: Pinellas County: August 2, 1990 St. Nicholas III (Sponge Diving Boat) Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks at Dodecanese Boulevard: Tarpon Springs: Pinellas County: August 3, 1990 St. Nicholas VI (Sponge ...
The N. K. Symi (also known as the Eleni) is a historic boat in Tarpon Springs, Florida. It is located at the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks at Dodecanese Boulevard. On August 2, 1990, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The St. Nicholas III is a historic boat in Tarpon Springs, Florida. It is located at the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks at Dodecanese Boulevard. On August 3, 1990, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The Duchess is a historic sponge-hooking boat in Tarpon Springs, Florida. It is located at the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks at Dodecanese Boulevard. On August 2, 1990, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
John King Cheyney (April 1, 1858 – March 19, 1939) was a Sponge Company & Sponge Exchange founder, a local politician and a sponge industry promoter in Tarpon Springs, Florida. [1] [2] [3] A memorial on Dodecanese Boulevard commemorates his life. [4] He is listed as a Great Floridian.
In 1896, he worked with John K. Cheyney in Tarpon Springs, Florida. [1] In 1905, he introduced sponge diving to the area and recruited Greek sponge divers from the Dodecanese Islands. By the 1930s, the sponge industry of Tarpon Springs was very productive, generating millions of dollars a year. He died in 1944 in Duval County, Florida.