Shipyard Cove

Shipyard Cove is a Florida historical marker in Gulf County, dedicated 1965.

Monument Ave.(U.S. 98)& 5th St. in 1st Union Bank, Port St. Joe

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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.

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1828 · The coasts of West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1833 · Florida. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1859 · Colton's Florida (1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1860 · Johnson's Florida (1860) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1868 · Colton's Florida (1868) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

The coasts of West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana, 1828, covering the location of Shipyard Cove, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — The coasts of West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana, 1828, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

Shipyard Cove

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