City of Hawkinsville

City of Hawkinsville of Tampa in the Suwannee River. City of Hawkinsville was 140 ft. long by 30 ft. wide steamship built in 1886 by the Hawkinsville (Georgia) Deepwater Boat Lines. In 1900, it was sold to the Gulf Transportation of Tampa. It was used primarily to haul timber on the Suwannee River. It became obsolete with the rise of railroads, and in 1922 it was abandoned on the river bank of the Suwannee River, near Old Town, on the Dixie County side of the river. It is located approximately 385' downstream from the old railroad bridge that is now part of the Nature Coast Trail. The wreck site has since been designated as a Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve.