Saturday, March 30, 2013
Jacksonville and the beaches
Jacksonville is also known for his beautiful beaches. The most famous and popular are a little outside of the city. This beaches are Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach and Jacksonville Beach and they are each other directly and obtain by beautiful houses, which directly connects to the beaches and give there a additional charm.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Jacksonville and the port
The Port of Jacksonville, a seaport on the St. Johns River,
is a large component of the local economy. Approximately 50,000 jobs in
Northeast Florida are related to port activity and the port has an
economic impact of $2.7 billion in Northeast Florida:
picture: USMC/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BlountIslandMarineTerminalJax.JPG
- Port wages and salaries = $1.3 billion
- Business revenue = $743 million
- Local purchases = $239.1 million
- State and local taxes = $119.3 million
- Customs revenue = $258 million
picture: USMC/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BlountIslandMarineTerminalJax.JPG
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
What you can do in Jacksonville?
Jacksonville has many attractions. The city is located directly on the Atlantic Ocean and have public beaches who span approximately 20 miles across the Atlatnic coast and are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There are also some very interesting museums to visit.
More information you can find under this adress.
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More information you can find under this adress.
picture: Excel23/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MOSHJAXFL2012.jpg
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Jacksonville and his airports
Jacksonville has total 4 airports and all are operated by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority. The main airport is the Jacksonville International Airport, which is served by any major U.S. airlines. Furthermore, there is still the Craig Municipal Airport, the Cecil Field Airport and Herlong Airport which is served by smaller, mostly commercial or private aircraft.
Monday, March 25, 2013
The history of the city
The area of Jacksonville was settled 6.000 years ago by the Timucua. The largest terrain in the area was Ossachite and was in the center of the present city of Jacksonville today. The first permanent settlement in modern times was the "Cow Ford" who was established in the year 1791. After Florida became the title U.S. territory in the year 1821 the city took its present name. This was for the Governor and later President Andrew Jackson to his honor.
Jacksonville was a important place of the Civil War. Here though no battle was fought but the city was damaged much.
After that the area was a popular winter quarters of the rich and famous. The city was visited in 1886 and 1888 of yellow fever epidemics.
On 3 May 1901 the city was badly damaged by a major fire that broke out in a mattress factory. During the lunch time filler had ignited. In faith with a few buckets of water could be the source of the fire extinguish quickly at first no fire alarm was triggered. The flames spread but from faster than expected. Over the next eight hours they was 2.368 houses destroyed and more than 10.000 people homeless. The disaster is one of the worst in Florida's history.
picture: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Greatfire1901.jpg
Jacksonville was a important place of the Civil War. Here though no battle was fought but the city was damaged much.
After that the area was a popular winter quarters of the rich and famous. The city was visited in 1886 and 1888 of yellow fever epidemics.
On 3 May 1901 the city was badly damaged by a major fire that broke out in a mattress factory. During the lunch time filler had ignited. In faith with a few buckets of water could be the source of the fire extinguish quickly at first no fire alarm was triggered. The flames spread but from faster than expected. Over the next eight hours they was 2.368 houses destroyed and more than 10.000 people homeless. The disaster is one of the worst in Florida's history.
picture: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Greatfire1901.jpg
Sunday, March 24, 2013
More about Jacksonville
Jacksonville is a city in the state of Florida in Duval County in the United States of America and is the administrative center of the County.
Jacksonville is home of the county administration. The city is with 821.784 inhabitants the most populous city in Florida and at the same time with 2264.5 km ² in area the largest city in the continental USA. The city is located directly on the Atlantic Ocean in northeastern of Florida and is located near the border with Georgia. In the metropolitan area are an population of about 1.35 million people. Jacksonville is often officially abbreviated as "Jax".
Jacksonville is predominantly industrial. This thanks the city in particular the industrial port, which is one of the main shipping ports for automobiles in the United States. The port also serves as a base of the U.S. Navy. But this fact has been found to the chagrin of the automotive industry. Military shipping has in the port priority, which is the main reason why for example Daimler treats the importation of its vehicles for the South-Eastern region since 2009 in nearby Brunswick. The St. Johns River flows near Jacksonville in the Atlantic. The harbor is actually in the St. Johns River.
picture: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acosta_Bridge_from_Warren_Bridge.jpg
Jacksonville is home of the county administration. The city is with 821.784 inhabitants the most populous city in Florida and at the same time with 2264.5 km ² in area the largest city in the continental USA. The city is located directly on the Atlantic Ocean in northeastern of Florida and is located near the border with Georgia. In the metropolitan area are an population of about 1.35 million people. Jacksonville is often officially abbreviated as "Jax".
Jacksonville is predominantly industrial. This thanks the city in particular the industrial port, which is one of the main shipping ports for automobiles in the United States. The port also serves as a base of the U.S. Navy. But this fact has been found to the chagrin of the automotive industry. Military shipping has in the port priority, which is the main reason why for example Daimler treats the importation of its vehicles for the South-Eastern region since 2009 in nearby Brunswick. The St. Johns River flows near Jacksonville in the Atlantic. The harbor is actually in the St. Johns River.
picture: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acosta_Bridge_from_Warren_Bridge.jpg
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