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The '''Port of Pensacola''' is an operational [[Deep Water City|deep-water]] port located on [[Pensacola Bay]], occupying approximately 50 acres at the southern terminus of [[Barracks Street]] in [[downtown Pensacola]]. 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'''.
{{stub}}The present-day Port of Pensacola occupies approximately 50 acres at the southern terminus of [[Barracks Street]] in [[downtown Pensacola]], on the site of the former [[Commendencia Street Wharf|Commendencia Street]] and [[Tarragona Street Wharf|Tarragona Street]] wharves. The Port has eight berths, 265,000 square feet of warehouse space, and on-dock rail service.
==History==