Manatee Viewing Center

Huge Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach conveyed solid power to the group for a long time before the business task of Big Bend Unit 4 out of 1986. That year, individuals began seeing manatees in substantial numbers in the power station's release trench, where saltwater – taken from Tampa Bay to cool Unit 4 – streamed, perfect and warm, back to the narrows. At the point when Tampa Bay came to 68 degrees or colder, the warm blooded animals would search out this new shelter.

The Manatee Viewing Center was soon conceived. Today, Big Bend's release waterway is a state and governmentally assigned manatee asylum that gives basic insurance from the frosty for these one of a kind, delicate creatures. Inside the MVC's ecological training building, beautiful presentations drench you in the realm of the manatee and its natural surroundings.

Others indicate how Big Bend Power Station creates power for the group in an earth dependable way. See a portion of the power station's gainfully reusable results. Assess genuine manatee bones and sort out riddles. Furthermore, before feeling the impact of a sea tempest in the inside's test system, discover more about typhoons and how Tampa Electric gets ready for and reacts to real tempests.