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The Tulsa Ports' primary facility is the Tulsa Port of Catoosa. [3] It is near the city of Catoosa in Rogers County , just inside the municipal fenceline of Tulsa , Oklahoma , United States. It encompasses an area of 2,500 acres (10 km 2 ) and employs over 4,000 people at over 70 companies in its industrial park. [ 4 ]
William G. Skelly, founder of Skelly Oil, founded KVOO-TV. The VHF channel 2 allocation was contested between two groups, both led by prominent Oklahoma oilmen, that competed for approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to be the holder of the construction permit to build and license to operate a new television station on the third commercial VHF allocation to be assigned to Tulsa.
In 2004 Tulsa County purchased the building from the Williams Companies for $2.2 million and used the balance of $4 million in Vision 2025 funds for renovations. The building was turned over to the Tulsa County Industrial Authority, which then signed a 99-year lease with the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame for $1. [6]
Tulsa–Sapulpa Union Railway Company, L.L.C. (reporting mark TSU) is a Class III shortline rail carrier [1] which operates freight service between Tulsa, Oklahoma and Sapulpa, Oklahoma over 10 miles of track known as the Sapulpa Lead, and which also leases and operates a 12.9 mile section of Union Pacific track known as the Jenks Industrial Lead between Tulsa and Jenks, Oklahoma.
Verdigris Southern Railroad, L.L.C. was created in Delaware on November 16, 2021, and then qualified to do business in Oklahoma. [1] [2] It is owned by Watco. [3]VESO's purpose is to be a common carrier railroad to connect Tulsa Port of Inola businesses with an interchange with the Union Pacific at Inola, Oklahoma. [4]
Owasso, Oklahoma to Catoosa, Oklahoma and Tulsa Ports. [8] The last hopper car on the South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad in Owasso, Oklahoma, December 28, 2021; The only part of the former SEKR system that still operates is Sherwin to Liberal. [5] SKOL was honored as Regional Railroad of the Year for 2008 by rail industry magazine Railway Age. [9]
Part of Tulsa's highway network, US-75 connects Downtown's inner-dispersal loop to Interstate 44 and Interstate 244. Tulsa Transit's Denver Avenue Station. Transportation in Tulsa, Oklahoma includes a bus network and a system of raised highways and primary thoroughfares, laid out in mile-by-mile increments.
Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission established. [24] 1954 – KTUL-TV and KVOO-TV begin broadcasting. [42] 1956 Highland Park becomes part of Tulsa. [24] Tulsa Ballet and Tulsa Baptist Association founded. 1957 All Souls Unitarian Church moves from downtown to Brookside; 1958 Apache Drive-In cinema opens. [43]