The St. Louis Port Authority is responsible for managing the facilities that make

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, the

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second-busiest inland port. St. Louis is the northernmost port on the

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that is free of

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, 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.

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Organizations based in St. Louis Government of St. Louis