Jacksonville shipyards

Pictures from my childhood home area.

As many of the photos have already shown, much of Jacksonville life (and thus its culture) is centered around the river. In the 50's there were shipyards in the downtown area where cargo was unloaded and ships were repaired. The shipyards slowly died off until a new cargo facility was built about 10 miles east, away from downtown, in an area that is more easily accessible from the ocean. The shipping also expanded tremendously, with very large container facilities (across the river in this) -- Jacksonville is also a large port of entry for imported cars. Unfortunately, it's difficult to get pictures of the shipyards from areas near them (they're all guarded), so all of these are taken from across the river.

Scans of older pictures, best viewed from left to right, as part of Jacksonville set.