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After the establishment of New Orleans in 1718, vessels docked along this riverfront to import supplies to the French colony and export its commodities. By the early 1800s, thousands of ocean-going sailing ships, river steamboats and flatboats, and local schooners and barges arrived annually, and the levee teemed with workers and cargo in transit. Algiers, across the river, specialized in ship-building and repair, while railroads on both banks linked wharfs to interior cities. In 1896, the Louisiana Legislature created the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, which today oversees containerized facilities uptown, breakbulk cargo along the Industrial Canal, and many other assets.
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New Orleans, Louisiana · United States
