The St. Louis Port Authority is responsible for managing the facilities that make
St. Louis, Missouri, the
United States
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second-busiest inland port.
St. Louis is the northernmost port on the
Mississippi River
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that is free of
canal locks and is ice-free year-round.
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{{cite news, url =http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/09/29/st-louis-fire-department-getting-new-boat/, title =St. Louis Fire Department Getting New Boat, publisher = CBS News, author =Bob Hamilton, date =2013-09-29, accessdate =2013-09-30, archivedate =2013-09-30, archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20130930144716/http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/09/29/st-louis-fire-department-getting-new-boat/, url-status =dead, quote =It can pump up to 7,000 gallons of water or fire-suppressing foam per minute and can fight fires even while it’s moving.
] Twenty-nine industrial centers with a population of 90 million can be reached from St. Louis by barge.
References
Organizations based in St. Louis
Government of St. Louis