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City of Hawkinsville (shipwreck)
29.6072° N, -82.9708° E
About
City of Hawkinsville was a paddle steamer constructed in Georgia in 1886. Sold in 1900 to a Tampa, Florida company, it delivered cargo and lumber along the Suwannee River. Eventually rendered obsolete by the advent of railroads in the region, it was abandoned in the middle of the Suwannee in 1922. It became the third Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve when it opened to the public in 1992. On May 31, 2001, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as City of Hawkinsville (shipwreck). It is located in Dixie County, 100 yards south of the Old Town railroad trestle (which is part of the Nature Coast State Trail).
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National Register listing
May 31, 2001
Construction
1886
Sale to Tampa company
1900
Abandonment
1922
Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve designation
1992
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