It's September of 2024 and this Saturday and Sunday will be the last days of Shell Factory. So sad to see this whole area shut down. The silver round top area was an Army Barrick from WW2. Shell Factory used to be on Old Business 41 in Bonita Springs, FL. The building caught fire - so they moved it to where it is now. I do not know what year the fire was I think 1950's. My mother worked there for a short time in the 1940's when it was in Bonita Springs. She told me how they cleaned the shells and the process of cutting them for shapes and the well know Conch Horn. I have a few pieces of jewelry she learned to make when she worked there. Broaches, necklace's, ear rings. They were made from dried fish scales and small shells. This was always a place to take friends and family who do not live near beaches. So wish it could have survived. Wish they could at least spare the entrance. Maybe someone who reads this can verify dates on when the Factory opened in North Fort Myers. I see the comment of when it opened but I do have pictures of it when it was doing well in the 1940-50 in Bonita Springs. They are black and white and was taken my family members.
You lamented the disappearance of military museums. The Military Heritage Museum at 900 West Marion in Punta Gorda is a good one. If you go, dedicate a couple of hours so you can do the virtual reality and fly the flight simulator.
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This September The Shell 🐚 Factory opened in 1932 is now closing down 😢
Great Video THX! Will visit the Shell Factory next time i'm around!!!
Better get there soon cause now this place is closing down 😢.
It's September of 2024 and this Saturday and Sunday will be the last days of Shell Factory. So sad to see this whole area shut down. The silver round top area was an Army Barrick from WW2. Shell Factory used to be on Old Business 41 in Bonita Springs, FL. The building caught fire - so they moved it to where it is now. I do not know what year the fire was I think 1950's. My mother worked there for a short time in the 1940's when it was in Bonita Springs. She told me how they cleaned the shells and the process of cutting them for shapes and the well know Conch Horn. I have a few pieces of jewelry she learned to make when she worked there. Broaches, necklace's, ear rings. They were made from dried fish scales and small shells. This was always a place to take friends and family who do not live near beaches.
So wish it could have survived. Wish they could at least spare the entrance. Maybe someone who reads this can verify dates on when the Factory opened in North Fort Myers. I see the comment of when it opened but I do have pictures of it when it was doing well in the 1940-50 in Bonita Springs. They are black and white and was taken my family members.
That doesn't even look like the place I went to as a kid, except for the big sign out front.
You lamented the disappearance of military museums. The Military Heritage Museum at 900 West Marion in Punta Gorda is a good one. If you go, dedicate a couple of hours so you can do the virtual reality and fly the flight simulator.