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Port of Coos Bay

Port of Coos Bay

Port in United States

The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay is a port of the Pacific coast of the United States, located in Coos Bay near the city of Coos Bay, Oregon. It is the largest deep-draft coastal harbor between San Francisco Bay and Puget Sound, and is Oregon's second busiest maritime commerce center after the Port of Portland. The port operates the 134-mile Coos Bay Rail Link which connects the port to Eugene, Oregon and the national rail network.[1]

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In the mid-1900s, the Port of Coos Bay held the title of "world's largest lumber shipping port".[2] Lumber ships loaded with whole-log loads of the region's prized Douglas fir, Western hemlock, and Port Orford cedar timber were a common sight at the docks.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Coos Bay Rail Line".
  2. [2]
    Oregon History: Rapid Developments. Oregon Blue Book. Retrieved June 21, 2013.


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