Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach delivered reliable
electricity to the community for 16 years before the commercial operation of
Big Bend Unit 4 in 1986. That year, people started seeing manatees in large
numbers in the power station's discharge canal, where saltwater – taken from
Tampa Bay to cool Unit 4 – flowed, clean and warm, back to the bay. When Tampa
Bay reached 68 degrees or colder, the mammals would seek out this new refuge.
The Manatee Viewing Center was soon born. Today, Big Bend's discharge canal is
a state and federally designated manatee sanctuary that provides critical
protection from the cold for these unique, gentle animals. This is a great place
to observe and photograph manatees.
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