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Springs[edit]  There are at least seven small springs on the
site, in a marshy area near Dickerson Bay. Some appear as
potholes; at least three have a clear flow into a nearby creek
that flows under U.S. 98 into Dickerson Bay. Six of the springs
have the remnants of concrete structures around them, vestiges
of their use in the early 1900s as a spa to which people
traveled to seek cure in the mineral waters. One spring,
encircled by brick, has the remnants of a stump in it. The stump
had been hollowed, and pressure forced water through the stump
in a small fountain. The banks of the creek have at least twenty
small- to-middling seeps that are visible at low tide—see rough
drawing below for locations of the springs. The largest of the
seeps is near U.S. 98 on the