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The Port Harbor Railroad (reporting mark PHRR) is a short-line railroad in Granite City, Illinois, serving an industrial port district known as America's Central Port. [1] PHRR began operations in 2004 as a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad and connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at "WR Tower," a major railroad ...
Port of St. Louis and East St. Louis: ... Mid-America Port: Iowa Illinois Missouri: 14,952,343 14,952,343 0 0 0 42 ... American Association of Port Authorities
The railroad's predecessor companies in St. Louis date to 1797, when the town was still part of Spanish Upper Louisiana. James Piggott was granted a license to operate a ferry between St. Louis and Illinoistown (now East St. Louis, Illinois). In 1819, Piggott's heirs sold the ferry to Samuel Wiggins, who operated the service with eight horses ...
Madison, Illinois and St. Louis Railway: 1891 1941 Madison, Illinois and St. Louis Railroad: Madison, Illinois and St. Louis Railroad: 1941 1953 St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway: Marion and Eastern Railroad: MP: 1913 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad: Marion and Harrisburg Railway: MP: 1905 1913 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
When Depression era Illinois Traction was in financial distress and had to reorganize, the Illinois Terminal name was adopted to reflect the line's primary money making role as a freight interchange link to major steam railroads at its terminal ends, Peoria, Danville, and St. Louis. Interurban passenger service slowly was reduced, ending in 1956.
The St. Louis region’s port system is the second-largest inland port system in the United States, and was ranked the most efficient port system by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The St. Louis regional port system is responsible for 8% of the 855 miles of the Mississippi River, but carries one-third of the river’s total freight. [42]
Pages in category "Ports and harbors of Illinois" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The list includes ports such as St. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and Memphis. A dense network of inland waterways including ports exists also in Europe (France, Germany, Poland, Russia, the United Kingdom and the Benelux countries), as well as in China and Brazil. The Port of Vancouver, Canada's busiest port