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The modern Port of Chicago links inland canal and river systems in the Midwestern United States to the Great Lakes, giving the global shipping market access to the St. Lawrence Seaway and linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico by way of the Illinois Waterway and the Mississippi River.
A passenger terminal is a structure in a port which services passengers boarding and leaving water vessels such as ferries, cruise ships and ocean liners.Depending on the types of vessels serviced by the terminal, it may be named (for example) ferry terminal, cruise terminal, marine terminal or maritime passenger terminal.
General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill. 1943 April 1 transparency : color. Date 3 August 2010, 01:48 (UTC)
Pages in category "Railway stations in Chicago" ... Wells Street Station; Wells Street Terminal This page was last edited on 10 October 2023, at 11:03 (UTC). ...
In a more narrow sense, the Chicago Harbor is that artificial harbor on Lake Michigan located at the mouth of the Chicago River bounded by outer breakwaters to the north and east, Northerly Island to the south, and the Chicago shoreline to the west. The main entrance to this harbor is marked by the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse.
The Lake Street uniquely had an intermediate station on Randolph Street between its stub terminal and main line. With the exception of the North Water Terminal, the terminals had predated the Loop's construction and opening. [a] The railroads had opened between 1892 and 1895, with the exception of the Northwestern. The Loop, having been planned ...
Port Chicago can refer to: Port Chicago, California, former town in the United States; Port Chicago disaster, deadly explosion that occurred at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California on 17 July 1944, killing 320 people; Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, at the site of the disaster
North Pier was a retail and office complex located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The timber loft building, which lines the north side of Ogden Slip, was originally named Pugh Terminal and used as a wholesale exhibition center predating the Merchandise Mart.