Guests Attend Barge Launching at Misener Industries Shipyard, AW

Creator

• George Skip Gandy IV

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Creation Date

3-20-1976

Abstract

Guests attending the launching of a newly constructed barge from the Misener Industries shipyard located at 5353 West Tyson Avenue in Tampa, Florida. The barge was named in honor of former Misener vice president James L. Brown Jr. after he died from a plane crash the year prior.

Alt Text

A large, orange barge with the word "MISENER" on its side is docked at a shipyard with cranes and a launching ramp suspending it above the water, with various other equipment visible in the background. The foreground shows metal structures, possibly anchors, and wooden planks lined up and stacked on a sandy or gravel-covered area.

Keywords

Shipbuilding industry, Shipyards, Special events

Subject: geographic

Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)

Physical Collection

Gandy commercial and aerial photography collection

Box

31

Digital Date

2024

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Identifier

Gandy 31_1081

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License

Recommended Citation

Gandy, George Skip IV, "Guests Attend Barge Launching at Misener Industries Shipyard, AW" (1976). Gandy Photographs - Commercial. Image 12141.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gandy_commercial/12141