Shipyard Cove
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Markerman62
N 29° 48.690 W 085° 18.208
16R E 663947 N 3299105
The smallest (in size) Florida Historical Marker. The only one like it in the state.
Waymark Code: WMDEDC
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2012
Views: 14
With completion of St. Joseph & Lake Wimico Railroad, 1836, movement of cotton to shipside at St. Joseph, from the foremost cotton producing territory in the world, began here, thence to domestic and foreign ports. As a result, the young village soon became metropolitan. For this extensive operation a large Shipyard was established. Site recorded, Lieutenant L.M. Powell, Government Survey, St. Joseph Bay 1841.
Marker Number: F-125
Date: 1965
County: Gulf
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials In Cooperation with the Gulf County Historical Commission
Website: Not listed
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