Palmetto Dock before 1894. The caption reads ""Loading vegetables for shipment at the Palmetto Dock about 1895. This shows the steamer Margaret of the Plant Line which ran from Bradenton to Tampa. The rail=road, the Palmetto Terminal Rail-road, a 36"" narrow gauge line, principally is solely owned by Col. J.A. Howze. The little launch in the foreground was a naptha launch, the first gasoline propelled vessel on the Manatee River. It was a ferry, owned by Robert Roesch and George Breeze.
Publisher
Manatee County Public Library System
Location
Florida--Manatee County--Palmetto
Subject
Margaret (Steamboat); Palmetto City Dock; Piers & wharves; Steamboats;
