Submarines docked at Hendry and Knight Terminal at Port of Tampa
Submarines docked at Hendry and Knight Terminal at Port of Tampa. 1913. Burgert Brothers. Courtesy of the Tampa Hillsborough Public Library
Military Submarines in Port Tampa, Florida (1916). Anthony P. Tony Pizzo Collection. Courtesy of the University of South Florida digital collection
The image from 1913 shows four unnamed submarines moored at the Hendry and Knight terminal at the Port of Tampa. Ed M. Hendry and Clark Knight worked in real estate around the turn of the 20th century, selling residential and commercial property. In 1901, they received permission to dredge a new channel along the Garrison waterfront from the secretary of war. Establishing the port and dredging a channel in the bay for large boats to pass were essential in the city's development. By 1913, when this photo was taken, the docks and port were fully functional, hosting steamships, schooners, and other trade.
An interesting part of this photo is that it is stamped “Photo by Fishbaugh, Tampa Fla.” While it is part of the Burgert collection at the John F Germany library, it was taken five years before the Burgerts established their commercial photography business by buying Fishbaugh’s firm. The image shows the four vessels and American sailors disembarking across gangplanks to go ashore to a waiting large crowd. The massive hurricane that hit Tampa in 1921 destroyed many docks at the port. However, it was rebuilt, and the Hendry and Knight terminal remains today.
The hurricane-damaged Gulf and Southern Steamship Company at the Hendry and Knight Terminal. 1921. Burgert Brothers. Courtesy of the Tampa Hillsborough Public Library Digital Collection
Four ships moored at Tampa Dock Company in Estuary Zone. 1921. Burgert Brothers. Courtesy of the Tampa Hillsborough Public Library Digital Collection