The Fogarty Boat Works

The Fogarty Boat Works (HMSXB)

Location: Bradenton, FL 34208 Manatee County
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Country: United States of America
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N 27° 29.717', W 82° 32.86'

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In 1866, three brothers, John, Bartholomew, and Bill Fogarty, settled in Manatee County and established a ship building and coastal trading schooner base on the shore of the Manatee River. In the years before automobiles and railroads, Manatee County and other coastal communities depended on boats as their main form of transportation. The Fogartys developed a thriving business constructing smacks, schooners, sloops and yawls as well as smaller boats. At the age of 19, Bartholomew's son, known as Captain Bat, built his first ship. During his lifetime, Captain Bat constructed hundreds of sailing ships, power vessels, small boats and skiffs. This building housed his last boat works and was closed at his death in 1944. In 1993, Captain Bat's grandson, Charles Fogarty, died, and his sisters-in-law, Margaret Niesiobedzki, and Patricia Blickensderfer, gave the building to the South Florida Museum. Through the combined effort of the museum, the Manatee County Historical Commission, the Florida Maritime Historical Historical Society, and the Fogarty family, the boat works and its contents were preserved, moved to this site, restored by volunteer labor and opened to the public in 1995. Additional equipment and tools from the boat works are on display at the South Florida Museum.
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HM NumberHMSXB
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Year Placed1995
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Date Added Sunday, October 26th, 2014 at 3:07pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 347115 N 3042247
Decimal Degrees27.49528333, -82.54766667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 27° 29.717', W 82° 32.86'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds27° 29' 43.02" N, 82° 32' 51.60" W
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Area Code(s)941
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 536 15th St E, Bradenton FL 34208, US
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