Jeffersonville, Indiana Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Shipbuilding industry === Until 2018, Jeffersonville was the home of [[Jeffboat]], the largest inland shipbuilder in the US. At its peak, the [[barge]] manufacturer employed over 13,000 employees. The company closed due to an overproduction of barges, marking the end of 200 years of shipbuilding in Jeffersonville.<ref name="Grady">{{Cite web|last=GRADY|first=DANIELLE|title=Historian: End of Jeffboat is end of nearly 200-year-old era|url=https://www.newsandtribune.com/news/historian-end-of-jeffboat-is-end-of-nearly-200-year-old-era/article_231238ec-3527-11e8-8eab-974bc1a24de3.html|access-date=October 12, 2021|website=News and Tribune|date=April 2, 2018|language=en|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029172454/https://www.newsandtribune.com/news/historian-end-of-jeffboat-is-end-of-nearly-200-year-old-era/article_231238ec-3527-11e8-8eab-974bc1a24de3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, city officials announced intentions to redevelop the 80-acre property.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 14, 2022 |title=Jeffersonville officials announce partnership to redevelop former Jeffboat shipyard |url=https://www.lpm.org/news/2022-09-14/jeffersonville-officials-announce-partnership-to-redevelop-former-jeffboat-shipyard |access-date=February 8, 2023 |website=Louisville Public Media |language=en |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208210041/https://www.lpm.org/news/2022-09-14/jeffersonville-officials-announce-partnership-to-redevelop-former-jeffboat-shipyard |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page