It's just south of Homestead, FL. There are Google Community notes for it, but it seems likea pretty large area. Any thoughts on what it might be? TIA.

 

Looks like maybe a water treatment plant of some sort.

 

Looks like a sewage treatment plant. 3 settling ponds with a large, long overflow of liquids into last pool.

 

It really does not look like a WWT plant since there are no aeroators...at least that are visible.....I doubt it would be a potable water plant since you typically do not want the water exposed to the elements......it looks as if the water is saltwater due to its coloration........my guess would be a place that either drys out saltwater to obtain the salt for resale or it could be some sort of marine "incubator" facility..........

 

Per my DeLorme Street Atlas, that looks to be part of Florida City. That is route 1 on the left and Card Sound Rd on the right. The road off of Card Sound Rd going east does not have a name per DeLorme. It doesn't list anything for a community name. The distance between Rte 1 and Card Sound Road is 2 miles. As mentioned, it could be for salt or some other commercial business. The picture does look like some commercial set up rather than residential.

 

They have plants like that around here. They have huge amounts of rifined sand in piles with 2 to 4 ponds for water. One pond is always a bluish green color. I think it's used for cement and masonry.

 

It's the lost fountain of youth!!!

 

I think Viper is right....zoom in further...you can see piles of sediment of some sort.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=e...20127&t=h&om=1

Florida Rock & Sand Co
15900 SW 408th St
Homestead, FL 33030
(305) 247-3011

 

Thanks, everyone!

 

Ah, I remember that place. A friend of mine's father runs a giant dragline down there...

My old station covered Homestead/Florida City in its entirety and that area has some stunning juxtapositions between the low/no-income "ghettos" of Homestead/Florida City and rural farm, swamp land and nothingness a mere 15-20 minutes away from US1.

We did a batallion site survey of the Florida Rock and Sand complex one day... and those lakes are HUGE. I remember one of the staff there telling me they are upwards of 150-200ft deep in some areas, and that several folks have drowned in them over the years. They're big into limestone, concrete, and precast concrete out there. Oh, and Its a great place to go four wheeling too

The particular stretch of US1 just west of it leads down to Key Largo... and it is effectively no-mans land, as there isn't a damn thing for about 20 miles...at least 10-15 folks would die on that road every year. Two lane non-divided roads with 55mph speed limits and no room to pass are poor ideas We would land our Air Rescue helicopter in the FR&S complex all the time...

There is a pretty eclectic bar on the Card Sound Road side called Alabama Jack's... as well as some very fun places to go mudding just north of it...

However... the question remains..just why the hell were you looking at that lovely area of the world?