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The G&SIRR Company controlled a 6-mile (9.7-km) long channel in the Gulf of Mexico that connected the mainland to Ship Island. Dredging of a shipping channel was completed by the S.S. Bullis Company in 1902; it connected Ship Island and the main railroad terminal at Gulfport. [3] The G&SIRR greatly facilitated the development of the shipping port.
Under a contract with a representative of the United States Government, dated February 20, 1901, and made pursuant to an act of Congress of March, 1889, the carrier dredged a ship channel some 7 miles long from Ship Island to the harbor at Gulfport and an anchorage basin adjacent to the docks at that point, completing the work in 1902.
William H. Hardy Monument in Gulfport, Mississippi. Although the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad changed hands to Joseph T. Jones, Hardy remained involved as a board member until 1899. His election to the Mississippi State Legislature in 1895 kept him at the State Capital in Jackson enough to make involvement with the railroad less possible.
Two villages predated the founding of Gulfport: Mississippi City, located along the gulf, and Handsboro, founded in the 1800s along the northern bayous. [5] [6] Mississippi City was born out of the Mississippi City Company that was formed in 1837 to build a town to serve as the terminus for the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad.
South of Gulfport on Ship Island, in Gulf Islands National Seashore: Gulfport: Constructed 1859-1866 for national defense. Gulf Islands National Seashore tourist attraction. 18: French Warehouse Site: French Warehouse Site: December 13, 1991
This list of museums in Mississippi encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Ship Island is accessible through private or chartered boat. It is also accessible by a privately owned ferry boat company, Ship Island Excursions, running from Gulfport, Mississippi 12 miles (19 km) out to the island for a fee. Ship Island Excursions has been running boats to the island since before the National Park Service acquired the island.
Gulfport station is a closed Amtrak intercity train station in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States. Gulfport is a former union station that served the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and Gulf and Ship Island Railroad (which was succeeded by the Illinois Central Railroad ).