The Angola Transfer Company, organized in November 1906, was a railroad car float operation that primarily ferried cars of the

Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is border ...

across the

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...

between

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and Naples, Louisiana. The route was shortened to Angola– Torras in 1928 when a joint highway–rail bridge was built across the

Atchafalaya River The Atchafalaya River ( french: La Rivière Atchafalaya, es, Río Atchafalaya) is a distributary of the Mississippi River and Red River in south central Louisiana in the United States. It flows south, just west of the Mississippi River, and ...

at Simmesport. The LR&N took over the Angola Transfer Company's property in 1929, concurrently with its lease to the

Louisiana and Arkansas Railway The Louisiana and Arkansas Railway was a railroad that operated in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. The railroad's main line extended 332 miles, from Hope, Arkansas to Shreveport and New Orleans. Branch lines served Vidalia, Louis ...

. The L&A absorbed the LR&N in 1934 and abandoned the car float in 1940 after the Huey P. Long Bridge opened at

Baton Rouge Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-sma ...

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(1992), p. 65 The

Angola Ferry The Angola Ferry was a small and little-known ferry service that crossed the Mississippi River connecting Lettsworth, Louisiana with the Louisiana State Penitentiary, otherwise known as the Angola Prison. It was considered difficult to access, requ ...

used to operate nearby, carrying automobiles across the Mississippi; its west landing is about south of the old Torras landing of the L&A.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Angola Transfer Company 1906 establishments in Louisiana 1929 disestablishments in Louisiana Defunct Louisiana railroads Railway companies established in 1906 Railway companies disestablished in 1929 Predecessors of the Kansas City Southern Railway Ferries of Louisiana Ferries of the Mississippi River