Jeffboat in Jeffersonville, Indiana (Closed)
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Jeffboat closed in 2018, bringing an end to 80 years of history as a leading barge manufacturer in southern Indiana.
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An era ended on Thursday as tools that anchored hundreds of jobs in Jeffersonville were auctioned off, piece-by-piece.
The company said to reduce debt, they are entering into an agreement with a majority of their loan holders.Â
Before closing in 2018, the Jeffboat site was at one time the largest inland shipbuilding in the US, and the second largest builder of barges.Â
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