TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — Take a walk along the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs, and you'll see sponges harvested right from local divers. We stopped in a Tarpon Springs business that takes these ...

Tucked comfortably on the sun-soaked west coast of Florida is the ‘Sponge Capital of the World,’ also known as Tarpon Springs ...

But diving for sponges is lucrative. During 1927 the valuation of the sponge catch at Tarpon Springs was $886,216. The figures for 1928, not yet compiled, will show an increase. Tarpon Springs is ...

We stopped in a Tarpon Springs business that takes these sponges from what's in the water to what's in your home. Take a walk along the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs, and you'll see sponges ...