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The '''Port of Pensacola''' is an operational [[Deep Water City|deep-water]] port located on [[Pensacola Bay]]. With origins dating back to [[1743]], it is now one of the [[City of Pensacola]]'s [[City of Pensacola Enterprise Operations|Enterprise Operations]], having been incorporated in [[1943]] as the '''Municipal Port Authority'''. | The '''Port of Pensacola''' is an operational [[Deep Water City|deep-water]] port located on [[Pensacola Bay]]. With origins dating back to [[1743]], it is now one of the [[City of Pensacola]]'s [[City of Pensacola Enterprise Operations|Enterprise Operations]], having been incorporated in [[1943]] as the '''Municipal Port Authority'''. | ||
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[[Image:1940waterfront.PNG|thumb|right|This 1940 aerial view of Pensacola's waterfront illustrates how Pensacola's port facilities looked in the first half of the 20th century, with [[Commendencia Street Wharf|Commendencia Street]], [[Tarragona Street Wharf|Tarragona Street]] and [[Muscogee Wharf|Muscogee]] wharves intact.]] | [[Image:1940waterfront.PNG|thumb|right|This 1940 aerial view of Pensacola's waterfront illustrates how Pensacola's port facilities looked in the first half of the 20th century, with [[Commendencia Street Wharf|Commendencia Street]], [[Tarragona Street Wharf|Tarragona Street]] and [[Muscogee Wharf|Muscogee]] wharves intact.]] | ||
In the early 1940s, the [[Pensacola Exchange Club]] hosted a forum called the "[[Civic Roundtable]]," where representatives from [[Rotary]], [[Lions Club]], [[Kiwanis]], the [[Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce|Chamber]], the [[Jaycees]] and others would meet to discuss business issues, among them the port, which was enjoying a [[World War II|wartime]] resurgence. The group pressed State Representative [[Dave Thomas]] to introduce a bill in the Florida legislature creating the Municipal Port Authority in the spring term of [[1943]]. Its members were initially appointed by state senator and included [[J. D. Johnson]], [[Henry Hilton-Green]], [[Calvin L. Todd]], [[William S. Rosasco]], [[W. V. Fauria]], [[Morris Levy]], [[J. H. McCormack]], [[J. W. Smith, Jr.]], [[Charles W. Smith]], [[J. H. Allen]] and [[R. H. Turner, Jr.]] (Later members would be appointed by the [[Pensacola City Council]], which also approved annual funding to the Port Authority, as it had no taxing authority of its own.) The group first convened on [[July 7]], 1943 in Council's chambers. | In the early 1940s, the [[Pensacola Exchange Club]] hosted a forum called the "[[Civic Roundtable]]," where representatives from [[Rotary]], [[Lions Club]], [[Kiwanis]], the [[Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce|Chamber]], the [[Jaycees]] and others would meet to discuss business issues, among them the port, which was enjoying a [[World War II|wartime]] resurgence. The group pressed State Representative [[Dave Thomas]] to introduce a bill in the Florida legislature creating the Municipal Port Authority in the spring term of [[1943]]. Its members were initially appointed by state senator and included [[J. D. Johnson]], [[Henry Hilton-Green]], [[Calvin L. Todd]], [[William S. Rosasco]], [[W. V. Fauria]], [[Morris Levy]], [[J. H. McCormack]], [[J. W. Smith, Jr.]], [[Charles W. Smith]], [[J. H. Allen]] and [[R. H. Turner, Jr.]] (Later members would be appointed by the [[Pensacola City Council]], which also approved annual funding to the Port Authority, as it had no taxing authority of its own.) The group first convened on [[July 7]], 1943 in Council's chambers. | ||
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==External links & references== | ==External links & references== | ||
*[http://www.portofpensacola.com/ www.portofpensacola.com] | *[http://www.portofpensacola.com/ www.portofpensacola.com] | ||
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[[Category:Port of Pensacola|Port of Pensacola]] | [[Category:Port of Pensacola|Port of Pensacola]] | ||
[[Category:City of Pensacola Enterprise Operations]] | [[Category:City of Pensacola Enterprise Operations]] | ||
