![]() ![]() ![]() System remained in place until completion of the new water supply from MoultrieĬreek that was started in 1891 and placed into service in February 1892. Smell and remove some of the dissolved mineral content. The fountain of water and four otherįountains on the property were used to help aerate the water and reduce the sulphurous Additionally, the water was used to provide The Hotel Ponce de Leon to provide pressure to the pistons in the basement to Water was also pumped into the 4,000-gallon storage tanks in the two towers of Water for the pool at the Alcazar Hotel (today is the Lightner Museum). To natural increase in temperature with depth, the well provided 82 ° F Subsequently, four coal-fired direct current steam dynamos, rather than power generation from the well, were employed to power the hotel for day-to-day electric lighting operations. Of natural waterpower directly from the earth driving machinery, in this caseĪn electric light plant consisting of the turbine and dynamo. Tennis courts for an evening lawn party for 500. The first winter season of the hotel, he used the dynamo to light the wooden On April 7, 1888, as part of the extravaganzas to close The water-turbine-powered dynamo could light 88 16-candlepower lamps with a William Hammer, set a turbine over one of the artesian wells on the property. To the 1888 opening of the Hotel Ponce de Leon, Thomas Edison’s electrician, Was located west of the Hotel Ponce de Leon, near the north end of a swimming Included in an 1887 Scientific American article appears to show the fountain inĪ plaza south of the Ponce de Leon Hotel. Water over 20 feet above the top of the well. ![]() Million gallons per day and sustained sufficient pressure to force the jet of The artesian flow from the well produced 8 to 10 ![]() Had encountered sulphurous and dissolved mineral-rich waters. The well was originally intended to beĢ,000-feet deep, however, the drill bit was lost at 1,490 feet, and the driller Under the direction of contractor Daniel Dull from New York. Its owner - Henry Flagler.ĭrilling for W-236 began on November 27, 1886, Hotels were part of the Florida East Coast Hotel Company, a subsidiary of theīetter-known Florida East Coast Railway Company. Hotel Ponce de Leon and Alcazar Hotel in Florida’s oldest city, St. Recovered and archived are from W-236, which was drilled to supply water to the Oldest set of samples in the state’s Geological Sample Repository collectionĪre not from FGS well accession number 1 (or W-1). The Oldest Archived Geologic Samples in Florida – Thank you, Henry Flagler?Įmployees Dave Paul and Guy Richardson were surprised to discover that the You can read more about his important geoscience contributions below.įlorida Department of Environmental Protection Doug’s history with the FGS spans decades, and To Doug Calman, FGS Librarian, who retired on July 31. Writing and Art Contests to win amazing prizes! Details along with more information will comeįinally, on behalf of all FGS staff, I wish a fond farewell Rocks, sediments and groundwater in Florida’s subsurface and second, toĭiscover emerging contaminants - the hidden “fingerprints” that human activityĮarth Science Week will be a grand event this year, and weĪre excited about the theme “Earth as Inspiration.” I invite you to help us celebrate the eventīy attending the FGS Open House on October 18, and join our “Earth as Inspiration” Please see below the 2018 Summer edition ofĪrticle is about the oldest samples in the Florida Geological Sample Repository,Īnd it may not surprise you to learn the rocks came from a well in Florida’s oldestįormation” this issue is the Miami Limestone – one of the most transmissiveĪquifers in the state, providing outcrops of classic sedimentaryĪrticles: first, to learn about the geophysical tools used by the FGS to explore ![]()
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