The Big Spring - Huntsville, AL - Natural Springs on Waymarking.com

The Big Spring is located in downtown Huntsville, AL. Producing nearly 24 million gallons of water per day, this is a Magnatude 2 spring with 36.75 cubic feet of water per second being produced. The water from the spring was used as Huntsvilles city water supply until 1957. Prior to 1950 the sale of water from the spring was the largest single source of income for the city's general fund.

A city park has been built around the spring and the former canal that it supplied. Parking is available on streets around the area.

Public or Private Land?: Public Public Land Fees?: No access fee Private Land access?: N/A

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Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log User Rating   08/14/2017 Rattrak visited it 10/25/2014 2KatzHunt visited it 07/15/2014 Marcas_Found visited it 08/16/2013 Rubicon Cacher visited it 05/01/2010 TheWildRoots visited it 10/24/2009 fuzziebear3 visited it 09/17/2009 KJKlock visited it 12/19/2008 Team Geologynut visited it 08/05/2008 wesleykey visited it 11/07/2007 Clarkbowman visited it

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