A shipyard in Palatka is putting the finishing touches on a new glass-bottom boat for Silver Springs tours. Springs tours in glass-bottom boats have thrilled tourists since the late 1800s. The new ...

A new glass-bottom boat designed for wheelchair users at Silver Springs is under construction at St. John's Shipbuilding in Palatka. [ STEPHEN M. DOWELL | AP ] ...

OCALA — While visiting a glass bottom boat display at the Silver River Museum complex recently, Darrell and Jim Buchanan looked through old photos and reminisced about a time, when, as ...

The glass-bottom boat was designed by Hullam Jones in 1878. In the late 1870s, Phillip Morell, a resident of Silver Springs, built a glass-bottom rowboat and sold rides over the springs.

All visitors to Silver Springs State Park can now enjoy scenic glass-bottom boat tours with the inauguration of the first wheelchair-accessible boat.

David Faison is one of three boat captains who together have logged more than 150 years of service at the Silver Springs Attraction.

Silver Springs is famed for its glass-bottom boats. The first was invented by Hullam Jones in 1878 by installing a glass viewing box on bottom of a dugout canoe.

Take a Tour on One of the Silver Springs Glass Bottom Boats You can experience a tour on one of the world-famous glass bottom boats on one of America’s largest springs.

The 30-minute boat tour is both educational and historical. In the 1950s, the glass-bottom boats served as one of the main attractions at Aquarena Springs, one of the state's first amusement parks.

In the 1950s, people of color couldn't enjoy Silver Springs in Ocala. After the captains of the famous glass bottom boats spoke out, that changed. Two white entrepreneurs owned what became ...

A glass-bottom boat is docked for a tour at Silver Springs State Park. Until Florida cities began to pump water from the springs’ source, the underlying Floridan Aquifer, Silver was the world ...