Allix's Shipyard - St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
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dtrebilc
N 49° 10.608 W 002° 06.196
30U E 565356 N 5447497
This small mosaiac commemorates the site of a small shipyard that was active in the 19th century.
Waymark Code: WMWN4M
Location: Jersey
Date Posted: 09/20/2017
Views: 3
This area of St. Helier is known as Havre des Pas and the bay was sheltered from tides and prevailing westerly winds making it a good place to build boats.
A nearby sign has some information about the area and states that "the term "shipyard" is slightly misleading as the yards rarely had any clearly defined boundary, save a rope supported by stakes at regular intervals. Small vessels were built near the top of the beach, whilst larger ones were built in sand dunes above the beach."
Ship building ceased at this yard around 1879, but the land remained in the hands of the Allix family until it was bought in 1979 for preservation has an open space.
The area lies between a promenade above the beach and the road called Havre des Pas. This mosaic is in the ground at the entrance from the road and stands in front of a replica boat similar to what would have been built by the yard. It shows a boat from the yard in the dunes in front of the town and two boat builders together with the words Allix's Shipyard.
Address:
Havre des Pas
St. Helier, St Helier Jersey
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