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  2. Sponge diving - Wikipedia

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    Sponge diver putting on his diving suit in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Sponge diving is underwater diving to collect soft natural sponges for human use. Display of natural sponges for sale on Kalymnos in Greece

  3. Tarpon Springs, Florida - Wikipedia

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    The 1953 film Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, depicting the sponge industry, takes place and was filmed in Tarpon Springs. [ 9 ] In 1947, a red tide algae bloom wiped out the sponge fields in the Gulf of Mexico , causing many of the sponge boats and divers to switch to shrimping for their livelihood, while others left the business.

  4. Tarpon Springs Sponge Boats MPS - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. George N. Cretekos (boat) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. N. K. Symi - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. John K. Cheyney - Wikipedia

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    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.

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  9. John Cocoris - Wikipedia

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    John Cocoris Plaque in Tarpon Springs, Florida, commemorating Cocoris. John Michael Cocoris (Greek: Γιάννης Μιχάλης Κόκκορης; September 17, 1877 – 1944) was a Greek businessman. Born in Leonidio, he came to New York City in 1895 to work in the sponge trade. In 1896, he worked with John K. Cheyney in Tarpon Springs ...

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