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To serve his
rapidly growing Sulphur Springs ventures, real estate
promoter Josiah Richardson built a water tower on the banks of the Hillsborough
River near Florida Avenue between 1925 and 1927. Constructed of
poured-in-place concrete, the 210-foot tower stood over a boiling spring.
An elevator carried people up the cylinder to the observation balcony, which
provided a panoramic view of this bucolic river setting. Richardson's
original hope of club rooms occupying the floors between the spring-feed base
and the storage tank never materialized.
Book Excerpt from Pioneer Commercial Photography. The Burgert Brothers Tampa, Florida by Robert E. Snyder and Jack
B. Moore.
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