Harbour

Jean Street Shipyard

Name: Jean Street Shipyard
Address: Tampa, US
Telephone: +18132392526

Tampa, United StatesSouth-west Florida

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Type: Harbour

Working boatyard and marina on the Hillsborough River in the Seminole Heights district of Tampa, Florida.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Set well upriver from Tampa Bay, on solid ground at the upper limit of navigable water. The river position gives shelter from storms and open-water swell. Tampa Convention Center Marina lies 3.9 miles downstream to the south.

Practical

Wet berths, repair facilities and a self-work yard for owners doing their own maintenance. Showers, laundry, a ship's store and a chandlery on site.

History

The yard was established in 1843 on the Hillsborough River and still operates at its original site. It served riverboats, barges, skiffs and sloops. In October 1863 a Union raid burned two Confederate blockade-runners nearby, including the sloop Scottish Chief, whose remains were the subject of an archaeological survey in 2009.