Rainbow Springs - Dunnellon, Florida, USA
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N 29° 06.203 W 082° 26.994
17R E 358912 N 3220307
The Rainbow Springs located south of Williston and north of Dunnellon in the former community of Juliette (now a ghost town).
Waymark Code: WM126YH
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/15/2020
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"Left from Juliette on State Road 16 to Rainbow Springs (glass-bottomed boats, $1 a passenger), 1.3 m., second in size to Silver Springs (see tour 21). Rainbow Springs, with a flow of 421,000.000 gallons per day, carry off nearly 600 tons of solids in solution daily. At least 32 varieties of underwater plants grow on the rock bottom, and 18 varieties of turtles and 37 different kinds of fish inhabit the crystal-clear depths. The multicolored prisms sparkling in the waters when the sun is high have given them their name; the effect is caused by the deposit of minerals in solution on the sides of the pool. The springs have and attractive setting, with high banks, green slopes, and trees."
From: The WPA Guide to Florida, copyright 1939, page 387-388.
Note: Rainbow Springs was originally known as Blue Springs when the community of Juliette existed. The second photo in the gallery is a postcard of Blue Springs aka Rainbow Springs.
Book: Florida
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 387-388
Year Originally Published: 1939
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