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Related Historical Markers

This is one of a series of seven Port Canaveral Historic Milestone Markers along Glen Cheek Drive.

By Cosmos Mariner, September 6, 2012

Port Canaveral Historic Milestones

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► Florida, Brevard County, Cape Canaveral — Port Canaveral Historic Milestones — November 4, 1953 —

Port dedicated by U.S. Senator Spessard L. Holland. Serving on the Canaveral Port Authority Board of Commissioners: Colonel Noah Butt, Chairman; David S. Nisbet; L.M. Carpenter; A.A. Dunn and G.W. Laycock. N.M. Argabrite, Secretary. Barbara . . . — — Map (db m59729) HM

2 ► Florida, Brevard County, Cape Canaveral — Port Canaveral Historic Milestones — Environment and Recreation —

1968 – Jetty Park Opened 1990 – Central Park (renamed Freddie Patrick Park) opened 1992 – First Florida deepwater port to develop an Inlet Management Plan 1995 – Malcolm E. McLouth Fishing Pier dedicated 1995 . . . — — Map (db m59666) HM

3 ► Florida, Brevard County, Cape Canaveral — Port Canaveral Historic Milestones — North Side Development / South Side Development —

North Side Development 1971 – Courageous, First Coast Guard Cutter, arrived 1974 – First warehouse built 2000 – Container Yard completed South Side Development 1965 – First refrigerated . . . — — Map (db m59665) HM

4 ► Florida, Brevard County, Cape Canaveral — Port Canaveral Historic Milestones — Space —

1961 – Freedom 7, First space capsule recovered through the Port 1989 – Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) 136 activated 1989 – First quadramodal connection between sea, land, air and space 1992 – SPACEHAB, First FTZ . . . — — Map (db m59648) HM

5 ► Florida, Brevard County, Cape Canaveral — Fishing and Cargo Industries — Port Canaveral Historic Milestones —

1953 – Commercial fishing began 1954 – First oil imported for Central Florida power plants 1955 – First merchant ship, S/S Mormac Spruce arrived 1962 – First bulk cement silos built 1966 – First newsprint imported by Abitibi . . . — — Map (db m59647) HM

6 ► Florida, Brevard County, Cape Canaveral — Cruise Industry — Port Canaveral Historic Milestones —

1964 – First cruise ship visit, S/S Yarmouth 1980 – First Queen Elizabeth II visit 1982 – First Cruises to Nowhere, S/S Scandinavian Seas 1984 – First homeported ship, Premier Cruise Lines S/S Royale 1993 – . . . — — Map (db m59645) HM

7 ► Florida, Brevard County, Cape Canaveral — Military — Port Canaveral Historic Milestones —

1953 – First military ship, USS McClelland, visited Port 1956 – Naval Ordnance Test Unit (NOTU) established 1976 – New U.S. Coast Guard Station dedicated 1978 – Trident I Submarine Basin project completed — — Map (db m69964) HM

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