Does not include shipments of 2,441 tons of Department of Defense, "Special Category", and low valued cargoes. Source: Note: Ref. LIST OF PIERS, WHARVES, AND DOCKS AT PENSACOLA, FLA. 20 5 3 22 21 2 Brown Towing Company Wharf... Hardaway Contracting Company Wharf..... Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Commendencia Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Oil Wharf. 13 23 16 9 18 Pensacola Port Authority Pier No. 2..... Runyan Machine & Boiler Works Shipyard Wharf. 17 Saunders & Co. Repair Slip... 12 7 8 14 Sherrill Terminal Company Wharf....... 24 Ward, A. P., & Sons Pier... 14 Warren Petroleum Corporation Wharf... Bonded Distribution & Storage Co., Warehouse. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Fertilizer 4 Pensacola Compress and Warehouses THE PORT OF PASCAGOULA, MISS. PORT AND HARBOR CONDITIONS Location and General Description. -- The Port of Pascagoula, Miss., is on the north shore of Mississippi Sound, at the mouth of the Pascagoula River, 10 miles northwestward of Horn Island Pass. Pascagoula is on the lower 3 miles of the Pascagoula River. The Sound is an arm of the Gulf of Mexico, separating a chain of long, narrow, low, sand islands from the mainland of southeastern Mississippi. It provides a protected route for shallow-draft vessels from Mobile, Ala., on the east, to Lake Borgne, La., and thence by other connecting waterways to New Orleans, La., on the west. By this route, Pascagoula is 61 miles west of Mobile, Ala., 44 miles east of Gulfport, Miss., and 111 miles east of New Orleans, La. Horn Island Pass, a deep-draft pass from the Gulf of Mexico into Mississippi Sound, leads between Petit Bois and Horn Islands and connects with Mississippi Sound Channel. This channel is the approach to Pascagoula Harbor. The Port of Pascagoula includes the deep-water channels through Horn Island Pass and the Mississippi Sound to the City of Pascagoula; the lower 6.8 miles of the Pascagoula River, and the lower 4 miles of Escatawpa (Dog) River which enters the Pascagoula River at Mile 6.8. The town of Moss Point is on the south bank of the Escatawpa (Dog) River, near its mouth. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway passes through Mississippi Sound, crossing the Mississippi Sound Channel approximately 7 1/4 miles southeast of the mouth of the Pascagoula River. This Waterway provides a protected inland route along the Gulf coast from Apalachee Bay (St. Marks River, Fla.) to the Mexican border. The port area also includes the Bayou Cassotte access and inner harbor channels and a turning basin, which serve industrial area located approximately 2 miles east of the city of Pascagoula. Harbor and Channel Improvements by the United States.-The first definite project for improvement was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 14, 1880, and work has been carried on under successive projects or modifications of projects since that date. The existing project, which was adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 4, 1913, and March 4, 1915, |